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Submitted by: BeccaWee
Created: Jul 27, 2007, 12:20 pm

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An airline devoted to flying larger-capacity planes that have larger seats, wider aisles, bigger bathrooms, and more leg-room. North Americans have continued to grow larger, whereas our modes of transportation have remained fairly static in terms of size. It's common knowledge that the next generation will be even larger than this one... Although obesity is an epidemic, there is no quick fix, and people will continue to be bigger for years to come.

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vanhees Posted: July 28, 2007, 3:37 am

Most compagnies offer the possebility to buy extra space. If you are succesfull these compagnies will outcompete you very fast I'm afraid.
You need a lot of money to do this.
Tommy

jsfour Posted: July 28, 2007, 2:23 pm

This is a great idea and intuitively makes a lot of sense. I do know that American Airlines has experimented with providing more leg room and larger seats. My understanding is that flyers say they like more room, and they say they're happier when they have more room, but it doesn't really influence their purchase decisions... they still go with the lowest-cost provider.

So far, it's a point of differentiation that existing airlines can't figure out how to monetize. Your service and routes would have to be significant differentiators as well.

saigon Posted: August 3, 2007, 1:06 pm

I like the Inspiration... but youre starting to wish a business class accomodation for everyone... cute!

Brenden Posted: August 3, 2007, 5:12 pm

The 1st class market is smaller then you would think. Most people just want to get there.

DividedEye Posted: August 15, 2007, 9:10 pm

Be expensive to break into, though there are some "first class" airlines outthere, unfortunatly some are having financial troubles.

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