The vertical seat (standing seat, stand-up seat) is an

airline seat An airline seat is a seat on an airliner in which passengers are accommodated for the duration of the journey. Such seats are usually arranged in rows running across the airplane's fuselage. A diagram of such seats in an aircraft is called an ...

configuration, created in 2003 by

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, canvassed to Asian carriers in 2006, and promoted by

Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier founded in 1984. It is headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland and has its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports. It forms the largest part of the Ryanair Holdings family ...

as well as

Spring Airlines Spring Airlines Co., Ltd. () is a low-cost carrier with its headquarters in the Homeyo Hotel () in Changning District, Shanghai, China. While the company adopted the English name "Spring Airlines", the Chinese name literally means "Spring Autumn ...

in 2010s. The configuration involves

standing passenger In urban public transport, provision is made for standing passengers, often called straphangers or standees, to rationalize operation and to provide extra capacity during rush hour. Occurrence On crowded rapid transit urban lines, while most tr ...

s travelling while being braced in position. The configuration and all designs have not yet been approved by regulatory agencies. There is no bar to such a configuration in

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(US) regulations. However, according to

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(the agency responsible for aviation safety in Canada), vertical seats do not conform to Canadian seating requirements. In 2006,

was quietly polling

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s to see about the viability of a perch seat,''New York Times''
"One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand"
Christopher Elliott, 25 April 2006 (accessed 17 September 2010) which it had created in 2003. In 2010,

promulgated a vertical seat design for use in its aircraft.''The Telegraph'' (London)
"Ryanair to sell £5 tickets for standing-room only flights"
Laura Roberts, 1 July 2010 (accessed 17 September 2010) Both the

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and UK

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were skeptical as to the design being able to meet licensing requirements. The design was expected to start undergoing safety trials in the 2011–2012 time frame. It has already been rejected by

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,''Sunday Morning Herald''
"Ryanair plan for standing-room 'vertical seats'"
Robyn Grace, 2 July 2010 (accessed 17 September 2010) as it believes that the design would not meet the 16G regulatory requirement.''Toronto Star''
"Ryanair looking at standing 'seats,' pay toilets"
Jim Rankin, 2 July 2010 (accessed 17 September 2010)

Tigerair Australia Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd, operating as Tigerair Australia, was an Australian low-cost airline. Founded by Tiger Airways Holdings, it commenced services in the domestic airline market on 23 November 2007 as Tiger Airways Australia. It l ...

announced that it would also pursue the Ryanair design, as has its parent,

Tigerair Tiger Airways Singapore Pte Ltd, operating as Tigerair, was a budget airline headquartered in Singapore. It operated services to regional destinations in Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, Taiwan, China and India from its main base at Singapore Chang ...

.Business News
"Tiger Airways mulls 'vertical seating' option for passengers"
5 July 2010 (accessed 8 July 2010) According to UK aviation law, passengers require a seatbelt on landing and takeoff, so the lack of a seat may preclude the design from being legal in the UK.New York ''Daily News''

Catey Hill, 3 July 2010 (accessed 17 September 2010) The Ryanair design would have passengers perched on a narrow shelf, with their weight taken up by their legs, and their back against the seatback, strapped in, with additional shoulder restraints similar to rollercoaster overhead restraints. The configuration is superficially similar to the SkyRider saddle seat design proposed by

Aviointeriors Aviointeriors S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of airline seats. Some of Aviointeriors' competitors include BE Aerospace, Recaro, and Zodiac Aerospace. History Founding The company was founded as a branch of the “Uno-Pi” a home furniture c ...

.''National Post''
"Italian company unveils ‘saddle seat’ for airlines"
Ron Nurwisah, 15 September 2010 (accessed 17 September 2010) In 2015, Chinese airline Spring Airlines expressed interest in using the vertical seat concept for consumer flights. In 2018, the Italian company Aviointeriors revealed its design for vertical seats.

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