It felt like a tiny airline cabin, with new upholstery, a video monitor, cunning storage, a better table.

A decade ago, the space between seats in a typical airline economy-class cabin was about 35 inches.

A week later, in much the same mood, she married an airline cabin steward called Smith.

Two chairmen of Congressional panels say they will take action to improve the quality of air in airline cabins.

"We need to improve air quality in airline cabins," he said.

Nowadays the typical airline cabin already bears close resemblance to a cargo bin.

A 1986 study recommended that fully loaded airline cabins have "maximal airflow" of 100 percent fresh air.

The study found that the air quality in airline cabins exceeded Federal standards for office and factory workers.

Their infection was traced to the airline cabin only because nearly all the sick passengers visited the same doctor in Kodiak.

Members of Congress said today that they were besieged by complaints from passengers about the air quality in airline cabins.