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Show HN: Poddley.com – Follow people, not podcasts

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1•onesandofgrain•3m ago•0 comments

Layoffs Surge 118% in January – The Highest Since 2009

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2•karakoram•3m ago•0 comments

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1•ccie14019•11m ago•1 comments

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1•SirLJ•12m ago•0 comments

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1•rbanffy•41m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Low cost airlines will officially launch 'standing only seats' in 2026

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/travel/news/low-cost-airlines-will-officially-launch-standing-only-seats-in-2026-after-finally-passing-safety-evaluations/ar-AA1Fc1oH
14•GeoAtreides•8mo ago

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bmink•8mo ago
> These seats will increase passenger capacity on airlines by 20 per cent

> Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary […] wants his Boeing's 737 and 800 fitted with 10 rows of them, and 15 rows of traditional seats.

> Michael has suggested the standing tickets may potentially cost as little as £1 to £5.

According to Google, a 737 has a max seating capacity of 230.

Increasing that by 20% would be 46 seats more. So all this to take in around 50-230 pounds (or dollars, whatever) per flight?

tocs3•8mo ago
Increasing that by 20% would be 46 seats more. So all this to take in around 50-230 pounds (or dollars, whatever) per flight?

I wonder, if they added 10 rows of these that would only be 4 seats per row.

Arnt•8mo ago
No, that £1 to £5 applies if you're among the first ten to book tickets on that flight. They use a bucket system where the first ten tickets are really cheap, the next ten a little more expensive, etc, and the last ten rather expensive.

I don't think the actual bucket size is ten. But I'm fairly sure that they hope to sell more tickets from the later, more expensive buckets, not from the earliest buckets. They don't plan to fly many almost-empty flights.

dspillett•8mo ago
"As little as" is doing a lot of work there. £1..£5 will be a special special price, maybe there will be one in that price range per flight to justify the claim.

Also, that will just be the seat price not the whole ticket price. Try booking anything on their cheapest rates and when you get to the screen where you pick seat preferences you'll find there will never be any that are free (cheaper seats are included in the ticket price for higher priced tickets that include some luggage allowance, and on that screen you can opt to pay extra to get on/off faster or have a few mm more leg room).¹

I wouldn't be surprised if the standing "seats" don't get even the minimum carry-on bag allowance of current seats, and there is an extra charge of you want that back.

Furthermore, on top of that each of those extra passengers is an opportunity to levy any number of other extra optional charges (that might not be all that optional for many passengers).

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[1] last time I looked at flights with them this seat price disparity took away a fair chunk of the price difference between the lowest rate and the next up, and if you wanted any luggage the cheaper flights were more expensive in total.

rsynnott•8mo ago
> Michael has suggested the standing tickets may potentially cost as little as £1 to £5.

When Ryanair says "as little as" they very much do _not_ mean "but not more than". They'll be demand-priced like any other Ryanair seat.

pavel_lishin•8mo ago
Even if you're just sort of leaning onto one of those things, it looks like there's absolutely no room for anyone's knees.

And what happens if you're shorter or taller than the norm? One hopes you can at least adjust these up and down - otherwise, a tall person will effectively be fully seated with their knees jammed into the seat in front of them, while a short person will be able to dangle their legs.

bell-cot•8mo ago
Not mentioned - if the total passenger headcount increases - vs. just using these sardine seats to expand the 1st Class section - then there are safety certification issues. Specifically, the requirement that all passengers be able to evacuate in 90 seconds. (In case of a fire, crash, or whatever.)
rsynnott•8mo ago
The... the _first class section_? On a _Ryanair_ flight?

I think you may be deeply confused about what Ryanair and co _do_.

(To be clear, all their planes are single-class; I'm pretty sure this is the case for all European budget carriers. You might as well expect a first class section on a city bus.)

Ryanair first class sounds like a comedy skit, quite frankly. You'd get access to the Ryanair lounge (a portacabin), there'd be a red carpet for you to stand on while they insisted your bag was 5mm too big, etc.

jasonthorsness•8mo ago
As someone with long legs I wonder if this will actually be more comfortable than close-packed traditional seats.
rsynnott•8mo ago
Yeah, I'd be interested to try this for a short flight, tbh.
jeegsy•8mo ago
This has to be a black mirror episode right?
impish9208•8mo ago
Hey, I suggested this here a while back.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42335258