The airlines will be glad to improve their plane seating and stop overbooking - but it will come with a huge increase in fares. Only business passengers will pay them.
Time to build those supersonic trains. They could have sleeping cars and restaurants for long journeys. Kids’ play areas too. Like land cruises:)
“The airlines will be glad to improve their plane seating and stop overbooking - but it will come with a huge increase in fares. Only business passengers will pay them.”
The best alternative is for all airlines running international service to adopt “coach plus” seating that provides passengers with seats that give about 40% more overall space than the standard steerage seats. One of those seats is substantially equivalent to a domestic U.S. first class seat and costs about 80% more than a steerage seat, a price well worth paying.
Unfortunately, I do not know of a single U.S. carrier that offers such seating. However, British Airways, Air
France, and Luftansa do provide that class. From my experience, the lowest BA prices for basic coach, coach plus, and business class for an Atlanta to London round trip are, in order: $1,200, $2,000, and $4,000. The coach plus is really a good deal.