Hey Paul. Where'd you find this info? Are you looking into airplane design?
When the standard airline cabin was designed (the 707 in the early 1950s), flights were about 63% full. Now they're about 84% full. So the cabin you're flying in now has less than half as much empty space as its designers expected.
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I searched Google for a graph of load factors. No!
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Not to mention the obesity epidemic
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Isn't it possible that the designers anticipated flight travel to increase? I've gotta believe these folks had foresight.
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I'm sure they did, but they probably expected it to happen the way it had in the preceding decades: more planes, not more people per plane.
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Airplanes consume less fuel today (saw recently that they’re 70% more efficient). They probably use lighter materials too overall. But maybe it’s time for a redesign too, for a new type of airplanes.
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Much quieter engines as well today
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The design of airline cabins continues to evolve year by year -- there's an entire trade show dedicated to it called Aircraft Interiors Expo. So while it's accurate that today's cabins are descended from those designs, I don't know how relevant a point this is.
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OH in airline board meeting: "This is a failure, people. We must do better. Any plane less than 98% full is a failure. Now let's talk cargo..."
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