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> These seats will increase passenger capacity on airlines by 20 per cent

> Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary […] wants his Boeing's 737 and 800 fitted with 10 rows of them, and 15 rows of traditional seats.

> Michael has suggested the standing tickets may potentially cost as little as £1 to £5.

According to Google, a 737 has a max seating capacity of 230.

Increasing that by 20% would be 46 seats more. So all this to take in around 50-230 pounds (or dollars, whatever) per flight?

parent bmink 1 year ago

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