It was reported today in the Daily Express that passengers flying with budget airline - Ryanair - could soon find themselves flying for just £5 by flying standing up; revolutionising air travel.
Ryanair chief executive - Michael O'Leary - has defended plans to charge customers £1 to use the toilet facilities to pay for a standing area with "vertical seats" at the back of its fleet of 250 planes. It was also confimed that Ryanair were in discussions with Boeing over refitting its fleet with the vertical seats to allow passengers to be strapped in while standing up, with costs ranging from £4 to £8 per person. The plans include taking out two toilets at the back of the plane to make way for the standing area.
Safety testing would commence next year. A spokesman from the Civil Aviation Authority commented that the plans were unlikely to meet safety requirements, adding that it is aviation law that people have to have a seatbelt on for take-off and landing - unless people were strapped to the side of the plane while standing up.
