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Caribbean-Latin America
Colombian Airline Wants To Make Its Planes Have Ridiculously Small Standing Seats
2017-06-28
[Daily Caller] Columbian budget airline VivaColombia renewed its call for "standing seats" in an attempt to reduce ever-increasing flying costs.

VivaColombia, which flies daily from Medellin to Miami, is the latest airline to express interest in vertical seating, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.

"There are people out there right now researching whether you can fly standing up," VivaColombia’s founder and CEO William Shaw said. "We’re very interested in anything that makes travel less expensive."

Airbus pioneered vertical seating in 2003, and in 2010, RyanAir toyed with the same idea, calling vertical seats "bar stools with seat belts."

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said that seatbelts are necessary to keep passengers safe, adding that there would be many barriers to break before carriers could launch "stand-up" flights.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Direct flight from Columbia?
Wouldn't think they would want more seats carrying all those Ks.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-28 19:32  

#5  weight concerns? No senor
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-28 14:25  

#4  The old joke of having just flown in and "Boy are my arms tired." may in the future not be as far from the mark as once thought.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2017-06-28 13:39  

#3  ah, carry on and standing room only.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-06-28 13:21  

#2  What is the issue? Let the free market decide. Disinterested bystanders have nothingb to say about it.

The scientific method is all about proposing a hypothesis, and then testing use cases against the hypothesis.

In the real world, such experiments deliver great insights.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2017-06-28 12:55  

#1  Yes, I'd like to 'Sky Miles' upgrade to 'seated' if I may.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-28 11:54