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British Air looks to unusual seating plans

If British Airways’ recent design patents are any indication, there’s a lot of change ahead for travelers. Skift, the travel industry news site, reports that BA has submitted a number of patents recently.   Among them, pairs of seats (one facing…

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What if the exit row weren’t a row?

That’s the kind of question that comes to mind at first glance at an idea Airbus has asked a patent for…a circular seating arrangement, in tiers. OK, that’s a little hard to grasp, so here’s a drawing submitted with the patent application.  …

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AA Plans to Squeeeeeze More Seats into 737s and MD80s

American Airlines will go into its new merger with a plan that may merge your knees with the seatback…it’s announced to its flight attendants that it will begin squeezing more rows into its narrow-body MD-80 and 737 fleets. The FAs got the word…

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British Air looks to unusual seating plans

If British Airways’ recent design patents are any indication, there’s a lot of change ahead for travelers. Skift, the travel industry news site, reports that BA has submitted a number of patents recently.   Among them, pairs of seats (one facing…

Read More

What if the exit row weren’t a row?

That’s the kind of question that comes to mind at first glance at an idea Airbus has asked a patent for…a circular seating arrangement, in tiers. OK, that’s a little hard to grasp, so here’s a drawing submitted with the patent application.  …

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