All cattle class, all the time
November 17, 2009
Frank@OBOW in Air travel news

You know the overheads will get packed in the “all cattle class” Airbus:

The two airliners, all-economy versions of its giant A380 passenger plane, will start flying from Paris in 2014, the company said.

The cram-them-in configuration, known euphemistically as “high-density”, has been certified for use by civil aviation authorities after a fire test in which 873 people, 853 “passengers” and 20 crew, were safely evacuated in under 80 seconds. - telegraph.co.uk

The passenger-to-mileage ratio is said to make this the most environmentally-friendly airborne cattle hauler. Hopefully the onboard environment for the “self-loading freight” will be equally friendly. I have my doubts. An Australian newspaper calls it the “flying sardine can.”

BLOATED, BULBOUS WONDER

 

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