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NEW YORK, April 25 (UPI) -- The French aircraft manufacturer Airbus is offering a solution for travelers who can't stand high ticket prices -- fly standing up strapped to a wall.
Later this year, the company will roll out its first A380 super-jumbo, which can accommodate about 500 passengers. But to also help airlines maximize efficiency by getting as many passengers as possible aboard, the company has floated the concept of stand-up flights, the New York Times reports.
Passengers in the standing section would be propped against a padded backboard and held in place with a harness, experts who have seen the proposal said.
With the new A380, the number of potential passengers would jump from 500 to 853, Airbus figures.
And there are no U.S. legal barriers. The Federal Aviation Administration does not mandate that a passenger be in a sitting position for takeoffs and landings, but only that the passenger be secured.
Meanwhile, the newspaper said the two Asian airlines seen as the most likely to buy a large plane for short-haul flights, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, are lukewarm about the Airbus scheme. |
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