Budget airlines Ryanair is planning on a new change to basic airplace design by coming up with extra wide doors.
Dublin-based Ryanair revealed that they are working with a Chinese aviation unit, which is working on a new kind of budget carrier with extra wide doors.
Howard Miller, Ryanair's deputy chief executive, said extra wide doors would allow people on and off more quickly, reducing the minutes are a keystone of any low-cost carrier.
"We want two people to walk through the door. If the door is wider you can load people on and off the aircraft quicker. We want a low-cost plane that suits our business model," he said.
Miller said the airline is moving ahead with a good start with its design agreement with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac).
Comac appreciates Ryanair's more progressive suggestions, while on the other hand, Boeing and Airbus, were not interested in a bespoke aircraft.
"Boeing and Airbus will look at you as if you have two heads if you have a bigger door," Miller said.
Ryanair operates nearly 300 Boeing 737 jets but is now looking for a new aircraft order that will start deliveries sometime around the end of 2020.
To rival the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320, the dominant players in the commercial aircraft market, Comac's planned 200-seater C919 aircraft, is what attracted Ryanair's attention. The 737 carries 189 passengers, so the C919 offers the potential for more profitable flights for Ryanair.
Raynair drew up other suggestions which include smaller galley sections and a redesigned hold. Ryanair does not serve meals on flights and carries less baggage than other traditional carriers because of its baggage fee policy.
"Why do we need to carry all this additional weight in galley areas that we don't use?" Miller said. "We don't really use the hold very much, so can we make it a bit lighter?"
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