Sep 27, 2009

New airliner design would seat passengers face-to-face

How would you like to sit facing another passenger on your next flight?

If British design company Design Q gets its way, airplanes of the future will seat passengers in an innovative—dare we say interactive—high-density configuration.


More specifically, they intend to essentially seat passengers face-to-face for the entire trip.

Just hope that passenger across from you waits to eat that limburger sandwich until after the flight.

What about passenger safety? Most airliner mishaps would thrust the passengers sideways when seated sideways in a Design Q airliner.


Military personnel are accustomed to travelling in rows facing each other as shown above, but will civilians buy tickets to fly in that manner?

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