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i read somewhere that it can hold up to 853 passengers if all the seats were coach. but i read an article about airlines looking to push 11 seats across (3-5-3) and also the new slim seats that are lighter.
if these are applied, can a a380 push up to 900 passengers? its crazy to know when an airplane can hold almost 1000 crew and passengers.
Currently the A380's on Lufthansa to Houston and Miami have the most number of seats of any jet that landed in USA in November 2013 (last month available on FAA database)
8 flat bed seats
98 angle-flat seats
420 standard seats 536 total seats
Air France has slightly smaller 526 seats in their configuration.
US Flag carriers have 376 in their largest configuration (Delta 747) JFK to Tokyo.
Advertising boasts The A380 is the world's largest commercial aircraft flying today, with capacity to carry 525 passengers in a comfortable three-class configuration, and up to 853 in a single-class configuration
The validation date for 853 passengers was March 2006. I doubt that they will try to validate more passengers. They will probably put an extra 30 passengers into economy class.
You know, if they managed passengers like cargo containers, a lot more people could be accommodated per flight.
Consider this:
In the terminal, you lay down in a pod roughly seven feet long, three feet wide and 18 inches deep. (there will be some larger pods for larger passengers, as well as some smaller child-sized pods) For lack of a better comparison, you can imagine the pod as rather coffin-like. Except nicer!
The pods would then all be loaded, like cargo, into the aircraft body.
They would come outfitted with headphones and a video screen on the inside of the pod cover, right above where your face would be. A touch-pad and mouse at where your hands lay would allow for control. A drinking tube would allow a selection of a variety of beverages. For longer flights, some sort of --- um, 'waste disposal system' --- could be arranged.
The ratio of passengers/sq. ft. could be tripled or quadrupled per flight!
Admittedly, there would be a certain comfort trade-off. And claustrophobes might prefer traditional flights. Still, a discount airline could do wonders with such a set up.
Perhaps this would work as a niche business model?
You know, if they managed passengers like cargo containers, a lot more people could be accommodated per flight.
Consider this:
In the terminal, you lay down in a pod roughly seven feet long, three feet wide and 18 inches deep. (there will be some larger pods for larger passengers, as well as some smaller child-sized pods) For lack of a better comparison, you can imagine the pod as rather coffin-like. Except nicer!
The pods would then all be loaded, like cargo, into the aircraft body.
They would come outfitted with headphones and a video screen on the inside of the pod cover, right above where your face would be. A touch-pad and mouse at where your hands lay would allow for control. A drinking tube would allow a selection of a variety of beverages. For longer flights, some sort of --- um, 'waste disposal system' --- could be arranged.
The ratio of passengers/sq. ft. could be tripled or quadrupled per flight!
Admittedly, there would be a certain comfort trade-off. And claustrophobes might prefer traditional flights. Still, a discount airline could do wonders with such a set up.
Perhaps this would work as a niche business model?
There needs to be an appropriate ratio of passengers:emergency exits. That is the law in the US and probably across the globe.
Passengers are self-loading cargo already. Airlines make more money on freight and some actually lose money from taking passengers alone.
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Admittedly, there would be a certain comfort trade-off. And claustrophobes might prefer traditional flights. Still, a discount airline could do wonders with such a set up.
The A-380 is an impressive achievement. Those idiots in France should have assembled the plane in one location in France.
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