Sentences with phrase «passengers have their seats»

The 5 - foot -6-inch front passenger had her seat moved all the way forward and her knees were still against the dash.

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No - frills air travel has grown worldwide, as passengers seek out the lowest fare in exchange for perks like food, free checked baggage and seat assignments, which used to all come with the cost of a ticket.

It has a mechanism that allows the seat cushion in front of a passenger to fold down, so there's room to for a passenger to recline more fully.

Passengers are having a tougher time finding a seat on theBoeing 747 these days, but that doesn't mean their stuff won't be hitching a ride on the original jumbo jet.

The jet seats between 13 and 14 passengers and unlike its sibling, the Legacy 500, this aircraft has its own private cabin in the back.

Airline passengers have come to expect a tiny escape from the confined space of today's packed planes: the ability to recline their seat a few inches.

Passengers tired of reading the in - flight magazine and airplane safety card tucked into the seat in front of them have been begging the airline to roll

Four - year - old Eli was strapped into a car seat in the second row, and Raquel, 15, whom they'd just picked up from ballet class, was in the front passenger seat.

We had seen a rapid 50 % increase in passenger numbers, and suddenly people were finding it difficult to get a seat on the busier routes.

United said it would no longer call law enforcement to deny passengers boarding, nor would passengers who are already seated be required to give up their seats on overbooked flights.

While Porter's Q400s seat 70 passengers, the CS100s would carry 107 — a 52 % increase.

The state - owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, or Comac for short, has secured more than 700 orders for its 168 - seat C919 passenger jet, expected to have its first delivery in 2021.

United had spent the last two weeks embroiled in controversy after videos recorded by fellow passengers, which went viral, showed David Dao, 69, yanked from his seat aboard a Louisville, Kentucky - bound United flight before takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to make room for crew members.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Airline passengers have come to expect a tiny escape from the confined space of today's packed planes: the ability to recline their seat a few inches.

BMW has announced it wants to build a crash - proof car, and, at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I rode in a self - driving BMW i3, sitting in the passenger seat of a driverless sedan while it piloted itself down a simple short course — maybe 100 feet long.

Several airlines have capped fares for passengers trying to leave the area, but seats are hard to come by.

United has apologized to a Hawaii teacher who was forced to hold her 2 - year - old son on her lap after an employee gave the toddler's purchased seat to a standby passenger.

Molon Labe Designs has designed a middle seat that's wider than normal and promises faster boarding for passengers, explains CEO Hank Scott.

The single - aisle aircraft, which can seat 168 passengers, has now installed its on - board system and undertaken a series of load tests.

For most passengers, air travel has become a constant struggle to avoid ultra-tight seating, hefty luggage fees, and itinerary - wrecking delays.

So far, the Trump administration has sided with Boeing and recommended tariffs of almost 300 percent on the planes, which seat about 100 to 125 passengers.

Two of them have seen their seat count increase from 120 to 142 seats, depriving passengers in economy of about two inches of space.

Passengers tired of reading the in - flight magazine and airplane safety card tucked into the seat in front of them have been begging the airline to roll out on - board Wi - Fi for years.

When he first became CEO of WestJet in April 2010, one of Gregg Saretsky's first initiatives was to enter into code - sharing arrangements: strategic partnerships that would allow WestJet to sell seats on other airlines» flights, as well as handle check - ins, issue boarding passes and seamlessly transfer passengers and luggage.

It would seat around 150 passengers rather than 126, according to the Journal.

Robert Mann, an aviation consultant and former American Airlines executive, said it would most likely be Tuesday before Delta's operations in Atlanta returned to normal, and for passengers «it could be most of the week» because there aren't many open seats on other flights in the last week before Christmas.

If you're transferred to revenue management, Bagshaw says you should ask how many first - class seats haven't been sold yet, then «politely» ask when they'll be released for passengers who want to upgrade.

For those looking to increase their chances of getting Ott's luxury seat, here's a hint: Business and first class passengers usually have complimentary access to the airline's lounge.

Long says, though thankfully she's never been in the situation, if a passenger were to die mid-flight, she would likely keep them in their seat.

And my grandmother had the passenger seat.

Passengers purchasing tickets on a Thai airline can now buy a seat for a hugely popular life - like doll that has owners treating them like real children.

«And that was the only time in seven and a half years that I've been in the passenger seat listening to music, rocking out like this.»

At an event in Las Vegas ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show, Nvidia Chief Executive Jen - Hsun Huang said the Tegra X1 chip would provide enough computing horsepower for automobiles with displays built into mirrors, dashboard, navigation systems and passenger seating.

It was a rare occasion for FLOTUS, who explained that it was only the second time since President Barack Obama's 2008 election that she had ridden in the passenger seat of a car.

That's when passengers don't have assigned seats at all.

Munoz said United would be examining the way it compensates customers who volunteer to give up seats on overbooked planes, adding that it would likely not demand that seated passengers surrender their places.

A Tesla owner in England has been banned from driving for 18 months for turning on Autopilot and moving to the passenger seat while his Model S was...

From December 15 to January 4, U.S. airlines have added an average of 91,000 more seats for about 80,000 more passengers expected each day compared to last year (when 49.3 million passengers took to the sky).

Also, passengers in aisle seats have been injured by heavy items falling out of these compartments when people are stowing or retrieving belongings at the beginning or end of a flight.

The airlines that survived the volatile decade following 9/11 have since consolidated themselves into a lucrative oligopoly, prompting questions about why smaller cities continue to lose service, why seats keep getting smaller, why fares have remained stubbornly high even as fuel prices dropped and profits soared, and why paying passengers are being quasi-defenestrated from overbooked flights.

While it's true the airline industry is financially healthier than it has been in years — thanks to cost - cutting and its new pay - as - you - go approach (United Airlines is even offering passengers who don't qualify for elite status the opportunity to pay $ 500 a year for seat upgrades and another $ 350 a year to avoid baggage fees)-- the changes have made flying a truly trying experience that is only likely to get worse.

A five and a half minute clip showing a workshop that could have been anywhere, a few close ups of the author sitting in the passenger seat with no details of the car shown.

Delta started this practice back in 2011, and it works like this: When passengers on overbooked flights check in online or at the check - in kiosk, they're asked what the dollar value of the travel voucher they would accept as compensation for volunteering their seats.

The word «rogue» entered the lexicon of Alberta politics after Auditor General Merwan Saher reviewed Alison Redford's use of government aircraft and found that somebody booked «false passengers» onto government flights in order to block seats and then unbooked them so that Ms Redford and her entourage could have the plane all to themselves.

After no passengers voluntarily gave up their seats in the overbooked flight for $ 1,000, the airline randomly selected customers who would be booted out of the plane.

Delta, meanwhile, has increased its maximum offer to passengers who would be willing to give up their seats on an overbooked flight to $ 10,000.

For example, if you can tell a customer came to your site after searching the term «motorcycle passenger seat» and you sell everything from seats, to helmets, to mechanic supplies, why would you want to show them the deal you have running on tool kits instead of the promotion you have on a specific brand of seats?

United Airlines became embroiled in a public relations crisis in April when security agents were seen brutally dragging a passenger from a plane because he would not give up his seat to a crew member.

The Ohio state trooper would not give me a warning despite the fact my co-worker in the passenger seat asked if it counted if we had a «news emergency.»

Here God is the driver and each of us passengers have kiddy seats with plastic steering wheels, clutches, brakes, and accelerator pedals.