<story><title>The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and Bunks</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-29/the-20-hour-flight-is-coming-and-it-may-have-a-gym-and-bunks?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arnon</author><text>We&amp;#x27;ve been seeing this since the 60s.&lt;p&gt;DC-10 promised it.&lt;p&gt;L-1011 promised it (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psa-history.org&amp;#x2F;about_psa&amp;#x2F;aircraft&amp;#x2F;lockheed-l-1011&amp;#x2F;the-lower-lounge-of-the-l-1011-lockheed-promotional-picture&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psa-history.org&amp;#x2F;about_psa&amp;#x2F;aircraft&amp;#x2F;lockheed-l-10...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;747 promised it (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;vinepair.com&amp;#x2F;wine-blog&amp;#x2F;the-glamorous-airline-lounges-in-the-sky-from-the-1970s&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;vinepair.com&amp;#x2F;wine-blog&amp;#x2F;the-glamorous-airline-lounges...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;A380 promised it.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not going to happen, because airlines want to cram as many seats as possible, even in business class.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lisper</author><text>&amp;gt; A380 promised it.&lt;p&gt;And they delivered it.  First class on any of these planes is quite comfy even for extended periods of time.  But it ain&amp;#x27;t cheap.&lt;p&gt;The problem is not that the service doesn&amp;#x27;t or can&amp;#x27;t exist.  The problem is that it costs more than most people can afford.  It&amp;#x27;s an economic problem, not a technical one.</text></comment>
<story><title>The 20-Hour Flight Is Coming, and It May Have a Gym and Bunks</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-29/the-20-hour-flight-is-coming-and-it-may-have-a-gym-and-bunks?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>arnon</author><text>We&amp;#x27;ve been seeing this since the 60s.&lt;p&gt;DC-10 promised it.&lt;p&gt;L-1011 promised it (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psa-history.org&amp;#x2F;about_psa&amp;#x2F;aircraft&amp;#x2F;lockheed-l-1011&amp;#x2F;the-lower-lounge-of-the-l-1011-lockheed-promotional-picture&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.psa-history.org&amp;#x2F;about_psa&amp;#x2F;aircraft&amp;#x2F;lockheed-l-10...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;747 promised it (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;vinepair.com&amp;#x2F;wine-blog&amp;#x2F;the-glamorous-airline-lounges-in-the-sky-from-the-1970s&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;vinepair.com&amp;#x2F;wine-blog&amp;#x2F;the-glamorous-airline-lounges...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;A380 promised it.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s not going to happen, because airlines want to cram as many seats as possible, even in business class.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jbob2000</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not airlines that want to do this, it&amp;#x27;s the customers who want to fly around the world for as cheap as possible. Nobody values the time they spend travelling, they just want it to be as quick and cheap as possible.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;d cost you $10,000+ to take a 20 hour flight with a gym and bunk beds. &lt;i&gt;Fuck that&lt;/i&gt;, I can stay in Aruba at a 5 star resort for a week at that price.</text></comment>