Air-Plane seating to be based on social media preferences

Sitting with people with common interests can make a long flight into an exciting experience. KLM’s latest plan to allow people to choose who they sit next to according to social media profiles sounds like fun in theory. The idea is to link your social media profile to your check-in information and choose a seating partner presumably with similar likes and dislikes. KLM's new seating tool will be called 'meet&seat' which will work with Facebook and Linkedin. The tool will be opt-in only.

KLM is not the first airline to tout the idea with Malaysia Airlines released a service on Facebook which enables passengers to see which friends might be taking the same flight or travelling to the destination around the same time – the obvious difference being that they already know each other. Users can also check to see where their friends are sitting and make sure a group can sit together, or as close as required. The seating information is only passed on to others if the users permits it. Virgin Atlantic has also mulled the idea of allowing people with similar likes on social media to be seated together.

There are start-ups, like Planely, who are toying with the idea of social flying. The idea is that passengers will give the website info on your flight, they will connect you with other Planely fliers. 


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