crabby_appleton1950
OBS Chief
The next airline trend could be narrower seats
United Airlines is considering introducing an economy section on its long-haul Boeing 777-200 with rows of ten seats abreast-instead of the current rows of nine.
American Airlines is now the only other major U.S. carrier with the ten-seat per row configuration.
The new configuration would allow the airline to add up to 100 extra seats to each plane, depending on the current seat configuration.
... (in) airlines ... which uses ten seats abreast, the seat width is only 17 inches.
United Airlines is considering introducing an economy section on its long-haul Boeing 777-200 with rows of ten seats abreast-instead of the current rows of nine.
American Airlines is now the only other major U.S. carrier with the ten-seat per row configuration.
The new configuration would allow the airline to add up to 100 extra seats to each plane, depending on the current seat configuration.
... (in) airlines ... which uses ten seats abreast, the seat width is only 17 inches.