Originally Posted by
cashash
True but how do you get 66% load?. To get 2 meters separation that takes the load down to 40% or less. For any airline to run a profitable operation on 40% load factor the prices will need to be astronomical - basically you are talking about the whole aircraft having 1st class densities.
Prices don't have to be astronomical, just 50% higher than before at 66% load = middle seat free. Probably a bit less because you don't need it for same household parties dividable in threes. If you wanted for extra sellability you could cover the separation between rows with physical separation instead of distance separation uwing the old class divider curtains. There are so many aircrafts parked now there must be lots of them laying around, at least at other airlines than Ryanair.
I have previously also suggested adding a similar physical divider between the seats in a row for complete cocooning to get the load back up to 100%. Something that physically divides the shared armrest and up to a bit over seat height. A bit less needed of that since parties from yjr same houshold wouldn't need it.
Yes physical separation using solid walls already exists in 1'st class these days. So extending the principe allso to all seats in an economy cabin could be approved faster due to precedense.