Those take up about 2 to 3 times more space than one regular economy seats. So they will be priced the same as 2 or 3 of today's regular economy seats.

Just a dream, a nice dream.....

aside from this could only work on double decker airplanes, of which youhave the front half of the 747 and the whole A380, which the double height makes it less fuel efficient, which is why long distance planes like the 787 are going single deck now. This is a marketing ploy and not realitic at all. Second of all, if you have a double decker plane, with the extra costs to run it, there is no way you can charge economy for such seats, you would have to charge double, or go with two decks of standard seating.

Never going to happen. There's just too much money in it to cram people in like rats.

Where are the safety belts?

This is the 2020 equivalent of "let them eat cake." If there's enough room to lie down, there's enough room for 1 or 2 more people, and that's the whole concept of economy seating. Just deal with a few hours of discomfort and enjoy the destination because this is a pipe dream.

It's about time for something new...tired of people dropping things on top of my head from the overhead compartments

This is only for skinny people, if you're plus size this is not for you. And the seat is not really comfortable for laying down. And how much does it cost though. I would rather buy business class, more space and comfortable than this tiny squeeze space.

These seats ( minus the double decker part ) already exist in business class.

Actually that doesn't look comfortable. It looks ergonomically questionable.

This is all a little naive to me! Firstly, how big is the plane that you can stack seating. I dont know who uses planes big enough. What I dont understand is that there are few journeys over 14 hours so why do you need to lie down and sleep. There's a couple of jet engines propelling you at a couple of hundred miles an hour to your left and right, if that was a hotel you'd complain and leave. Two seat seems to take the space of 4 traditional seats, you'd be charge 4 times the price. Finally, the seat above would have feet at head level below and also very unsafe. Somebody could fall or slip coming down the ladder and injure themselves or the person below. Not everybody is physically able. Gimme a plane seat with an oxygen mask that allows me to not breathe the same air as everybody else and I'll be flying with that airline.

yay?

two thoughts. the first is, no airline would install these as displayed. Don't get me wrong. they might love the double-decker idea. but there's absolutely no way they won't realize they can have more seats side by side. Secondly.... being on the top row means climbing up and down, being on the bottom means having to listen to that 5 yo with ants in his pants stomp about.

I think we can safely file this under "Never Gonna Happen".

All I'm seeing is that they have taken a space for three spaces and turned it into one space. That's even less efficient than first class. And somehow they will have to double the height of the plane body as well. I have actually come up with a couple of designs myself that WOULD allow better seating options with a split half level design. But nobody is going to refit all those planes for economy prices.

HOLY FRIKING MOLY LEMME GO THERE RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS WAY TOO COMFY REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I WISH MY COUNTRY AIRLINES ACTUALLY HAD THAT TYPE OF SEATING ARRANGEMENT (CUS I ALWAYS FEEL DROWSY WHENEVER I GET OF DA PLANE + MASSIVE BACK PAIN CUS OF UNATURAL POSTURE)

I just came here to say screw the airlines, billionaires who needed a bail out and can't give the average person their money back !!!!!!! I will drive as much as possible now......

It could be comfortable, but not economy: extra cost, extra weight, less passengers, more fuel and emission for one passenger. Inside in Europe, maximal flying time ca. 3 hours, the average 45-120 minutes, depending on destination. Only the on-board magazines for 200 passengers close the same weight, like plus 1 passenger! And what about aisle or middle rows??? Up to 700 kilometres (450 miles) for 3-4 people, best a big car. Fuel cost and toll the same price, like a fly ticket for one person! Further can be the same travelling time! From home to airport, at least 1,5-2 hours earlier, flying time, delay, cancelled, strike, bad weather, bomb alarm, slow security control, baggage size and weight etc., transfer from airport to hotel with traffic jam again. Best regards: a journalist, who travelled all around in Europe 8-15 trip/year and sometimes overseas.

No economy class has ever or will ever look like that.

None of these "travelers" have carry-ons or bags at all?

This is will never be approved by the authorities. And where the heck are the seatbelts. I would say the current design is better, but it could be improved. Like space it out, and don't charge for the extra leg space. If this design ever gets approved, it's just a disaster waiting to happen

i think airlines simply would change business class tickets into this, but most definitely not economy

I notice no seatbelts.

Are they building planes like this now? Boeing?

For lack of a better pun, this would never fly. These seats look nice, but greatly reduce the capacity of the plane. There is nowhere near that much headspace in any aircraft. Even the double decker planes have a much thicker floor for the upperdeck. For every space one of these takes up, they could fit 3-4 standard seats.. There's not an airline that would go for this AND still charge economy prices.. No way.

Looks a concept in the square space of 2 seats width, which I guess by now isn’t that diffused. Being a concept, it seems just by the mockup a bit too high for existing cabins. Fascinating idea but just a concept, unfeasible by what it looks. Even if cramped in current cabins dimensions, it would decrease a 6 seats capacity to 2.

This whole thing has so many design fails tha

I don't think that's very safe? Like if the plane crashed and you were lying down without restraints wouldn't everyone just bounce around the cabin like someone shaking a maraca?

I wonder how they would pass the safety boarding and emergency evacuation tests?

This is just like one of those gorgeous, 4K video presentations of apartments/flats that walk you through an idyllic Shangri-La that has been professionally staged and decorated, then when you get to the real rental unit, it is a s**t-hole of peeling paint, cockroaches, broken fixtures and appliances, bodily functions where they don’t belong, smelly garbage everywhere and extra fees that the landlord “forgot” to tell you about before you signed. Disney couldn’t spin a better fantasy that that! I’m afraid that even if this were really good, the airline industry would find a way to ruin it for everybody.

Hate this concept. Unrealistic pricing, limits number of handicap and elderly on a single plane, limited number of planes that can do this, if they serve food and drinks, no easy access to second level for attendants, worse crash test rating, fall risk of turbulence plus a ladder, and I'm sure it'll be heavier, i.e. more just fuel being burned off.

Looks nice....maybe this could work on an airship. Definitely wouldn't fit in anything flying today, and the only aircraft the this might have worked in (A380) is being retired like no-ones-business due to maintenance costs and fuel prices.

Love it! But it's gonna cost....

Keep trying...

Yep, same as other comments, I'm just gonna call this out as utter b******t. Those images equate to a standard three seater aisle in a 747 aircraft... with more leg room. And double decker aircraft are few and far between, costing vastly more to operate. Plus, with Covid now meaning that most airlines are on the bring off bankruptcy, which prat decided this was a credible post??!

Was looking at booking our yearly vacation to Hawaii. Now I even have to pay extra to bring a carry-on bag. It's getting ridiculous. Hotels are charging resort fee and other fees left and right.

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Bollocks, and what's with the ladder? Does only one upper level seat have those?