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| Above, Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Photo by Armand Vaquer.. |
Once upon a time, airline travel was luxurious and comfortable. These days, the opposite is true and apparently getting worse for passengers.
In recent years, I found the most uncomfortable aircraft to be the Airbus A380. Despite its large size, economy seating was the worst I've ever experienced. The flight to Japan in one was made worse by the 11-hour flight time (and 9 hours return flight).
Apparently, the new Boeing 737 Max 10 is even worse. And it is being introduced for Hawaii travel.
Beat of Hawaii posted an article on this.
They begin with:
If you thought planes couldn’t get any more uncomfortable, we have Hawaii travel news to report. An aircraft once designed to seat fewer than 100 people comfortably has now been stretched to seat 230 passengers. That sounds both good for the airlines and bad for us passengers.
Last week, Boeing reported that it had been approved to start flight tests toward certification of the 737 MAX 10, the largest and most uncomfortable 737 yet. The plane has its sights set on one location near and dear to us here: Hawaii.
To read more, go here.
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