Packed in like sardines.

April 27, 2006 8:09 AM

Standing room only... could you stand all the way from New York to Paris? The future of high-capacity airflight. More info.
posted by crunchland (6 comments total)

From the Guardian link:

Update: The news blog finally made contacted with Airbus, which described the IHT article as a "fantastic story but not true".

The Airbus official went on to say: "It is not something that Airbus has been working on and if flies in the face of what we're doing with the A380, which is more room. We can assure you it is not an Airbus idea, we have not talked about it inside Airbus and our customers have not asked us about such an idea."

Airbus is now seeking a correction to the New York Times article carried by the IHT. Well, it seems there are limits to blue skies thinking.
posted by subclub at 8:13 AM on April 27, 2006

I'd only do it if the airfare was 1/3 of the cost of regular seats (and it wouldn't be worth it for the airlines to offer such a deep discount), and if they provided good drugs to make the trip more bearable.
posted by crunchland at 8:13 AM on April 27, 2006

Apparently the Times reporter misunderstood the number of seats for which the new A380 is rated. Airbus is not proposing standing seats.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 8:14 AM on April 27, 2006

Airbus denies standing room 'seats'
posted by soiled cowboy at 8:14 AM on April 27, 2006

boy, you spoilsports sure do know how to quash a budding urban legend.
posted by crunchland at 8:16 AM on April 27, 2006

What's the point in posting today a news that has already been denied yesterday?
posted by bru at 8:16 AM on April 27, 2006