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Ryanair to introduce 'standing' flights for under $10
Yahoo!7 July 2, 2010, 10:14 am
Irish budget airline Ryanair is planning to run the ultimate budget seats – with its newest airfares having no seats at all.
Just $AUS8.80 could buy passengers a ticket for the standing area, a section at the back of its fleet of 250 planes that is equipped with 'vertical seats', reports the UK’s Daily Telegraph.
Travellers would be strapped in by an over-the-shoulder seat belt while standing up.
Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O'Leary has told the UK’s ITV Network that the plan, which is targeted at various short haul flights, is an attempt to boost the number of passengers and reduce fares.
He also announced the airline’s intentions to introduce coin-operated toilets which would charge passengers $1.70 per go, encouraging travellers to use the facilities at the airport.
But the concept has copped criticism from the European Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), both raising doubts over whether they would pass Europe’s stringent safety tests.
"This idea is unprecedented and unlikely to be certified in the near future," a spokesman for Easa is quoted as saying.
Ryanair spokesperson Stephen McNamara said they are very confident that the seat will pass safety tests.
"Boeing can put a man on the moon so I am sure they are able to make these a success," Mr McNamara said.
Ryanair has conceded the plans for vertical seats are still in the "very early stages".
Safety testing on the seats will be carried out next year, but the plan will not happen for at least two years.
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英国廉价航空空司瑞安航空公司正打算推出一项超级廉价机票计划，在该计划中将推出飞机站票。
据英国每日电讯报道，您只需要花八块八澳币就可以买到一张飞机站票。站票区位于飞机的尾部，瑞航的二百五十架飞机将设立配备有垂直座椅的站票区。
垂直座椅通过肩部的安全带保证站立姿势乘客的安全。
瑞航执行官迈克.奥拉里告诉爱踢威网络，该计划主要针对短途航班，力图增加短途顾客的数量从而降低机票价格。
他还说航空公司有意在航班上设置收费厕所，每次收费一块七，这样做的目的是敦促顾客在上飞机前尽量使用机场的厕所。
但是这项计划受到了欧洲航空安全局和民用航空委员会的批评，他们怀疑瑞航是否能通过欧洲严格的安全检测。
一位来自欧洲航空安全局的发言人说“飞机站票在近期不大可能实现。”
瑞航发言人斯蒂芬.麦克拉马万说他们对于飞机垂直座椅通过安全测试非常有信心。
“波音都可以把人类送上月球，垂直座椅对他们来说应该不成问题。”马科拉马万先生说。
瑞航承认垂直座椅计划仍然是在初步阶段。垂直座椅的安全测试会在明年进行，但是乘客要买到飞机站票至少还要再等两年。
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