Why Today’s Traveler Should Be Worried About Space in Tomorrow’s Airline Cabin

Grant Martin

April 20th, 2015 at 8:00 AM EDT

Photo Credit: A concept for 11-abreast seating offered up by Airbus at the 2015 Aircraft Interiors Expo. Airbus

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It's a dog eat dog world and we've run out of seatbelt extenders.

News out of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany seemed to revolve around creating better "efficiency" in airline cabins this year, which loosely translates to "how to fit the most passengers into the smallest amount of space." Most concerning was the concept from Airbus offering seats 11-abreast on their new ultra-economy A380, but it wasn't just one supplier selling the idea. Concepts across the floor offered up everything from staggered ec

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