Overweight Passengers
Feb 16, 2010 at 09:43 | Source: Reuters
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Airbus SAS, seeking an edge over Boeing Co. (BA) (BA) in the contest to supply single-aisle planes to U.S. carriers, has begun pitching a version of its A320s with wider aisle seats that airlines can market for additional revenue. The planemaker ...
May 25, 2012 at 23:56 | Source: Businessweek
Tony Webber, who worked as an economist for Qantas for seven years, said that overweight passengers were pushing up airlines’ fuel bills. Mr Webber, who now runs his own consultancy firm, said that costs were going up not just because of rising jet fuel ...
May 25, 2012 at 12:57 | Source: Daily Telegraph
(WTVR) – Each A320 jet will now offer two 20 inch wide seats on each side of the aisle, rather than three of its standard 18 inch wide seats. Passengers will be able to purchase the extra-large seats at an added costs. Airbus says they expect ...
May 27, 2012 at 01:56 | Source: WTVR-TV
"These seats are not meant just for overweight passengers," aircraft interiors director Zuzana Hrnkova told journalists. "Mothers with children may be ready to pay a little more in order to be able to keep their babies in their lap, and large football ...
May 24, 2012 at 21:48 | Source: ninemsn
SOMETHING must be done about overweight airline passengers. Sitting next to a seriously overweight or obese person for perhaps 10 hours on an international flight, or even 80 minutes on a domestic flight, is simply not fair. Nor is it fair that a 110kg ...
May 13, 2012 at 13:04 | Source: Adelaidenow
Washington, May 27 : Airbus has announced plans to provide extra-wide seats for overweight passengers, even as the number of fat Americans creeps up. According to the Daily Mail, the leading French aircraft manufacturer decided on the plans as one third of ...
May 27, 2012 at 17:41 | Source: New Kerala
"These seats are not meant just for overweight passengers," aircraft interiors director Zuzana Hrnkova said today. "Mothers with children may be ready to pay a little more in order to be able to keep their babies in their lap, and large football players ...
May 24, 2012 at 17:16 | Source: News.com.au
Airbus is pitching U.S. airlines on wider seats to fit overweight passengers, Bloomberg's Andrea Rothman reports . The new A320s would reduce window and middle seat size to 17 inches and boost aisle seating to 20 inches. Airbus says airlines ...
May 25, 2012 at 14:23 | Source: Yahoo Finance
(MORE: Are Airplane Seats Safe Enough for Overweight Passengers?) Personally, I feel ambivalent about the privilege: why would anyone in her right mind want to spend a minute more than required in a sealed aluminum tube, coaxing her little ones ...
May 25, 2012 at 14:45 | Source: Time
It has also been a vocal supporter of an airline "fat tax", under which overweight passengers would be asked to pay more. “Let’s Go with Ryanair” – the magazine given to all passengers who fly with the no-frills carrier – will now be published on ...
May 21, 2012 at 17:27 | Source: Daily Telegraph