Boeing’s New Overhead Bins Hold 50 Percent More Bags

April 16, 2015
Boeing also moved the lower edge of the bin down 2 inches, making it easier to reach.

THE STRANGEST PART about getting on an airplane is how eager we are to do it. 

So why the rush? Ah, yes. The bag. The bag you refuse to check because it means forking over another 25 bucks and waiting at the carousel and risking seeing it lost or mangled by some gorilla of a baggage handler. The sooner you’re crammed into that metal tube, the better your chance of cramming your wheeled armoire into that tiny space the airline industry allots over your head.

That could change with the new “space bins” that Boeing’s adding to the 737.

More details here.