To survive in hell of the low cost

LONDON

In the last years to fly in economic class has become one increasing, wretch experience ". It has written of recent the authoritative "New York Times". And it adds English "Sunday Times": "the destiny of the passengers of economic class is very rarely happy". The Room of the Lord has even faced the problem, putting under accusation politics of the airlines that, in order to reduce the costs, have often ended in order to consider the passengers like simple packages to stivare. Interesting E' to notice that on the dock to you is the great names of the aerial transport and not always the low-cost that, paradoxicalally, in some cases they have more comfortable sistemazioni.

The inquiry of the "New York Times" analyzes to the economic advantages for the companies in reducing the attentions towards the passengers. The United, from January 2007 has eliminated the snack that it offered less on the flights than two hours. Therefore it has saved 650mila dollars. Other North American companies have obtained turn out better to you: the Northwest cutting the snack has been found again in case 2 million dollars in more and the American, that it has eliminated the meal gratis in economic class, quite 30.

In parallel with the decrease of comfort in economic class the attentions for the passengers who travel in business or before, in those companies are growing that have conserved it. All people that satisfied a lot more. E' be calculated that they represent only the 8 for hundreds of the total of the passengers, but assures the 36 for hundreds of the yield of the overhead lines.

To survive in economic class has become a problem, above all in the long flights non-stop. Not only for the health risks, had to the forced immobility, but also for the choice and the reservation of the just seat, what not always possible. The more comfortable sistemazioni are in before the row, correspondence of the emergency escapes and however in the side corridor.

The best ones and get worse places for every type of airplane of the greater companies are easy individualistic on Internet (situated http://www.seatguru.com). As an example, considering Boeings 767 of the Alitalia it is discovered that the optimal places are all those of row 11, before, but also to the row 22 those it indicates to you with To, C, J and K. medium places is considers you To, C, J, K of 21 row and the D, and, G of the 24. Bad places J and the 38 K of and D, and, G of the 39.

It comes taken in examination also the width of the seat and the distance from that one the so-called one seat pitch, not to underrate for emergency reasons. The sufficient space must in fact be had in order to assume the position advised in the emergency landings. On the situated one seatguru it is always possible to discover which companies offer one better distance between the seats of economic class. The record, with 91 centimeters, comes marked on Boeings 777 of the United and on the Airbus A-340 of the Thai, but they are in some zones of the aircraft. Meant also the 89 centimeters to you guaranteed from the Korean, and the 86 of American. The large one of the companies, comprised the Alitalia assures 81 centimeters, that they are already something regarding the 78 of British, Klm and to the 76 of some Jumbo of the Lufthansa. But there are aerial low-cost that they come down to 71. In fact of width of the seats the generalized dimension is of 43 centimeters. For big man the 47 of Air Canada and American are advisable and nearly the 50 that Singapore Airlines offers on the new giant of the skies Airbus A-380.

Here the synthesis of the councils of survival in economic class of the Magazine of travels of the "Sunday Times": to make sure the places D and G in the airplane with configuration 3-4-3 or D and H in those with 2-5-2; not drink alcoholic in flight, makes badly and costs the triple one regarding an airport bar; who has a child in arm must close try a place to the toilette; the same logic is worth for who must often attend it, making sure a corridor place (is not deceived of being admitted to the toilette of the Business Class); to avoid to recline the espalier when they serve the meal in order not to crush on the tray who is behind; to try to establish bonds relationships with who seats near, because there is tension for the uncomfortable and an eventual fear to fly already enough.

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