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Latest Ryanair PR Stunt: Vertical Seats

7.1.10 12:00 PM EDT By Ben Popken

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Known for making up crazy cost-cutting moves it has no intention of implementing just to to get headlines, Ryanair’s CEO is at it again, saying the budget-airliner plans to introduce vertical seats, of the type Airbus researched but scuttled, next year.

That should make more room for the pay-toilets.

Ryanair to sell standing room only tickets for £4… funded by charging passengers to use the toilet [Daily Mail via @ronlieber]

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7.1.10By Ben Popken

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