LY777 From France, joined Nov 2005, 2446 posts, RR: 2 Posted (6 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1194 times:
I have never flown the 787, but according to what I saw, the 9-abreast config doesn't look too bad. I looks better than a 10-abreast config on the 777.
francoflier From France, joined Oct 2001, 3195 posts, RR: 10 Reply 2, posted (6 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1013 times:
I think that, as passengers, we lost out.
It's 'only' 7 inches wider than an a300 legacy wide body, but with one more seat and 29 inches wider than a 767 with 2 extra seats... We, as pax, keep losing shoulder space and aisle width.
And things aren't getting better with the A350 which will only be 6 inches wider than the 787 and will likely be used as a 10 abreast by many airlines.
No, things don't look that great to me. Give me an a340, 767, 747, 9 abreast 777 or a380 over these 2 new comers any day.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit posting...
qf002 From Australia, joined Jul 2011, 2553 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 967 times:
Quoting francoflier (Reply 2): And things aren't getting better with the A350 which will only be 6 inches wider than the 787 and will likely be used as a 10 abreast by many airlines.
No it won't. Only LCC's will configure the A350 with 10 abreast, which is akin to 8 abreast in a 767 or 9 abreast in an A330 (ie 15" seat widths).
LY777 From France, joined Nov 2005, 2446 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (6 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 771 times:
Quoting qf002 (Reply 3): Only LCC's will configure the A350 with 10 abreast,
I am sure some Legacy carriers will use a 10-abreast config on the A350. Who would have thought 10 years ago that AF, AA, NZ, KL... would use a 10-abreast config on their 777s?
longhauler From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 4275 posts, RR: 36 Reply 5, posted (6 months 3 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 747 times:
Quoting francoflier (Reply 2): I think that, as passengers, we lost out.
In my opinion, the passenger won!
What the passenger wants is a cheap seat. And by cramming an many people into as tight a space as possible, allows the airline to give the passenger what he wants .... a cheap seat. No metric has ever been more important to a passenger choosing an airline, when paying for his own fare.
If any airline, was ever successful in charging more for more room in basic economy, then yes, I'd say there was hope for more room. But that will not change as long as passengers continue to choose .... a cheap seat.
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