Originally Posted by
ORAC
With airlines potentially having to leave one empty seat between every two passengers has anyone done the maths on how many pax a, say, 777 will be able to carry as compared to an 380?
You probably don't want passengers sitting immediately in front of or behind other pax, as well as beside them.
So, for example using a narrow-body for simplicity, passengers would sit in A, C and E in one row, then B, D and F in the rows immediately in front and behind. Same on a wide-body, just more letters.
That would make the math/maths relatively simple, in that a maximum of 50% of seats could be occupied (though you may be able to fill a higher percentage of seats in F and C where they are more widely spaced).
Whether that would be an effective way of mitigating the risk is another question ...
Originally Posted by
ORAC
What will that do to operating costs?
It wouldn't make much difference to operating costs, but that's probably not what you meant.