Sixty-six percent of 120,000 passengers participating in the Ryanair online poll we featured last week said they would be willing to stand in the cabin on flights one hour or shorter if the fare was free.
Ryanair went on to report that 42% would stand for half price and 60% felt standing should be an option.
Ryanair said it “will continue to explore the concept of ‘fare-free standing’ flights with Boeing and the relevant aviation authorities in the U.S. and E.U.”
The chairman of Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, believes that removing seats on a plane will allow for 50 percent more passengers and could cut costs of tickets by 20 percent.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
