Airbus Plans Stacked Seating For Passengers

European aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled a new split-level seating design which would see passengers stacked on top of each other. The plans, drawn up by an Airbus design team in Hamburg and lodged with the US Patent and Trademark Office, envisage the rows would alternate between floor level and a second elevated level. In the patent filing, Airbus said: "In modern means of transport, in particular in aircraft, it is very important from an economic point of view to make optimum use of the av