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Ryanair might become the bus of the sky

Dublin, Ireland - Michael O'Leary aims to add standing places to increase airplanes' capacity

Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, reaffirmed his belief that air transport should be a basic service, with airplanes turned in to sky-buses. The idea to add a series of standing places with hand-holds has been suggested by the Irish low-cost carrier's manager in an interview published by "The Wall Street Journal". "We're looking at taking out the last 10 rows of seats and putting in handrails -O'Leary...

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Rome, Italy, 12/09/2009 17:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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