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New aircraft design puts passengers face-to-face in rows for budget travel.
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 4:04 PM on 21st September 2009
Air travel is being overhauled with a new aircraft design which plans to seat passengers facing each other in rows.
The controversial design is intended to save space and money and could see 50 per cent more passengers packed on to each plane.
Howard Guy, director of the UK company Design Q, acknowledges that some people will not be happy with the plan, but says they will be able to pay less for any inconvenience.
The future of air travel: The new design could see more passengers on each plane and ticket prices lowered 'Having passengers face each other is not an ideal situation,' he said. 'But this will see increased revenue for the operator and more economical tickets for the passenger - so by keeping both happy, this concept makes an attractive alternative.
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