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cloudboy From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 588 posts, RR: 0
Posted (4 months 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1650 times:

With the DL/NW merger, I have now found that overhead bins seem to vary greatly between planes - not just from one type to another, but between the old NW planes and the old DL planes. Now that they are getting strict on baggage rules, I was wondering about the differences in overhead bin sizes. I would have thought that all planes from one manufacturer would have the same bin, but this is obviously not true. How many bin differences are there? Is there a comprehensive list of bin dimensions? How about cutaways - bins are obviously not perfectly rectangular - if there were clear dimensions for the various bins would it be possible to design a bag shape that maximized use of the bins while still allowing luggage to be easily put in and taken out?

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tod From Denmark, joined Aug 2004, 1597 posts, RR: 3
Reply 1, posted (4 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1522 times:

At a minimum, most new bin designs facilitate a 22 inch roller long direction inbd-outbd.

Tod

RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 7620 posts, RR: 51
Reply 2, posted (4 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1517 times:

There are quite a few bin configurations and options. The original manufacturer likely has different options. Additionally there are aftermarket retrofits to increase the size of the bins. I believe there are 4 different sized bins on the 737NG that come new from Boeing. I think they range from fitting 50 to 100 full size carry on bags on a 737-800 depending on the bins.

In general there are many different sized bins and even when getting on the same plane, you don't know what you will find on an airline with such a diverse fleet as Delta. They have 757s that were ordered and customized by 4 different airlines. On top of that some have been retrofitted with door and bin modifications.

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1337Delta764 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 5091 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (4 months 17 hours ago) and read 1382 times:

Quoting cloudboy (Thread starter):
With the DL/NW merger, I have now found that overhead bins seem to vary greatly between planes - not just from one type to another, but between the old NW planes and the old DL planes. Now that they are getting strict on baggage rules, I was wondering about the differences in overhead bin sizes. I would have thought that all planes from one manufacturer would have the same bin, but this is obviously not true. How many bin differences are there? Is there a comprehensive list of bin dimensions? How about cutaways - bins are obviously not perfectly rectangular - if there were clear dimensions for the various bins would it be possible to design a bag shape that maximized use of the bins while still allowing luggage to be easily put in and taken out?

The PMNW 757s still have the original factory overhead bins, while DL installed overhead bin extensions on their fleet well before the merger.

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