Following last week's announcement by Chinese carrier Spring Airlines that it is looking into operating flights with standing-room-only cabins, Michael O'Leary, the Ryanair CEO, has repitched his idea for passengers to fly standing up, secured by a seat belt.
O'Leary's idea was first aired in 2006, when it was reported that Airbus had been pitching the standing-room-only option to Asian carriers.
Now, the Daily Telegraph is reporting that Ryanair has met with Boeing to discuss designing an aircraft with standing room. O'Leary is said to be seeking approval from the Irish Aviation Authority before ordering new aircraft. A Ryanair spokesman tells The Sun: "If they approve it, we'll be doing it."
- In contrast with several airlines, Ryanair's passenger figures continue to climb. According to a report in The Irish Times on Friday, July 3, the airline carried 60 million passengers in the 12 months to the end of June. Passenger numbers in June increased by 13 per cent compared to the same month in 2008. By the end of this year, Ryanair expects to have carried 67 million passengers.
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Comments:
CJ_IRL - 06 July, 2009 at 12:47 pm
If passengers could load their luggage into the plane themselves, fill and service the plane - Ryanair could save some more lol.
Lawrence Kershaw - 06 July, 2009 at 1:35 pm
You usually have a choice. If you do not want to fly with Ryanair then use another airline.
If people are prepared to stand / pay for toilets - well so be it.
Personally, I would rather pay extra for a proper flying experience.
If Ryanair is the only airline flying to a particular destination then you can always go somewhere else. The world is not exactly small!
T.p - 06 July, 2009 at 3:14 pm
The article just tell us the truth, he already talked about that three years ago! This is just advertising! He's always saying stupid things to make talk about his firm.