Comments on: Do you care what kind of plane you fly on?

By: Richard Bauer

Richard Bauer — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:32:41 +0000

It may be more of a difference than people realize. Airbus single-aisle planes also have a 4″ wider aisle. When carrying a bag/baby/footlocker that is significantly noticeable. Also, the extra leg and elbow room is normal Airbus. First flight on one (Northwest) was quite a pleasant surprise.
But most important are the services. A charge here or a cramp there isn’t so significant but any airline that has a collection of better services and amenities on a flight has a significant sales advantage.

By: Sally Hanks

Sally Hanks — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:23:12 +0000

Mood lighting during the daylight hours makes me feel like I have a hangover and have to go back to the bar the next morning to retrieve my wallet.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:56:27 +0000

Its not really so much the amenities vs. the seats, the room or lack there of…

Virgin America’s Airbus A-319s are great planes. Seats are pretty comfy adequate leg room and decent shoulder space even if there are middle seats. USA Jet and their fleet of DC-9 variants.. are much more cramped, dingy and they look worn inside. Even if you avoid a middle seat on the one side of the aircraft. Xtra Airways 734’s should be much more what people are accustomed to in a 150 seat aircraft. Average seat, average room, average interior.

Bob… some folks do book or change flights to accommodate a plane type or some other aircraft related factor. I know I have changed flights many times to avoid taking aircraft types I don’t like.

Thomas….remember one more thing you get with Midwest/Republic’s Embraer jets… No middle seats.. There is alot to be said about having no chance of getting stuck between two monsters for a two or three hours…

But just about any plane is better than the United/Skywest CRJ-200’s that RFD had to Denver.

By: gp

gp — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:02:11 +0000

Get back to us when we can afford to travel again.

By: Bob Dornbush

Bob Dornbush — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:33:45 +0000

I don’t recall, after flying to or from a destination of choice, ever once saying, “Wow, That was the coolest plane ride I have ever taken!”
Granted, the flight attendants & captain may have made it memorable by doing something nice or funny. But getting to and from the destination was the key. That made everything great.

By: cortney

cortney — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:27:48 +0000

I dont care what the planes features are. as long as you get me to where i need/want to go in a timely matter. cost, schedule and being able to fly out of RFD is all i want. i think i can go 2-3 hours without a movie, its not going to kill me if i dont have in-seat or inflight entertainment. if i want a movie, i’ll bring my portable dvd player or ipod. its all about convience of going in and out of rfd for me