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Why Plane Seats Keep Shrinking

NPR
Published November 23, 2017 at 12:40 PM EST
Do you feel like every time you board a plane, the seats keep getting smaller? You might not be wrong. (StelaDi/Pixabay)
Do you feel like every time you board a plane, the seats keep getting smaller? You might not be wrong. (StelaDi/Pixabay)

Do you feel like every time you board a plane, the seats keep getting smaller? You might not be wrong.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Airline Weekly’s  Seth Kaplan about which airlines are doing this and why. Plus, whether it’s still possible to get a cheap ticket home for the holidays.

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