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More space between seats
I recently traveled by Southwest Airlines. This is my first travel by
this airline. It seemed to me there is slightly more space between seats than other airlines I have traveled. Is it my imagination? People who flies more often can probably answer this. With thanks in advance. |
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arfam4 wrote:
I recently traveled by Southwest Airlines. This is my first travel by this airline. It seemed to me there is slightly more space between seats than other airlines I have traveled. Is it my imagination? Yes, not more than other carriers, and less space if you were to compare them with the 737s that AA flies. |
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mrtravel wrote: arfam4 wrote: I recently traveled by Southwest Airlines. This is my first travel by this airline. It seemed to me there is slightly more space between seats than other airlines I have traveled. Is it my imagination? Yes, not more than other carriers, Depends on which other carriers. http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/seat_intro.htm has a listing of the seat pitch on various airlines. Southwest is larger that some, smaller than others. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. No warranty of any kind is provided with this message. |
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"arfam4" wrote in message
om... I recently traveled by Southwest Airlines. This is my first travel by this airline. It seemed to me there is slightly more space between seats than other airlines I have traveled. Is it my imagination? People who flies more often can probably answer this. With thanks in advance. Southwest has said on its own website that their average seating pitch is about 33.6 inches. This is actually very generous by international standards, especially since European low-cost carriers (LCC's) such as EasyJet and Ryanair tend to squeeze you into 31" or less seating. (eek!) -- Raymond Chuang Mountain View, CA USA |
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"Clark W. Griswold, Jr." wrote:
(arfam4) wrote: I recently traveled by Southwest Airlines. This is my first travel by this airline. It seemed to me there is slightly more space between seats than other airlines I have traveled. Is it my imagination? No. Most Southwest rows have 34" between them. Most other airlines run 32-33" and a few run 31". I was just on a Southwest flight with my tape measure. I measured four rows toward the rear of the aircraft, and from first hand measurements, the pitch varied somewhat, but was 32 to 33 inches. |
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"Raymond Chuang" wrote in message nk.net... "arfam4" wrote in message om... I recently traveled by Southwest Airlines. This is my first travel by this airline. It seemed to me there is slightly more space between seats than other airlines I have traveled. Is it my imagination? People who flies more often can probably answer this. With thanks in advance. Southwest has said on its own website that their average seating pitch is about 33.6 inches. This is actually very generous by international standards, especially since European low-cost carriers (LCC's) such as EasyJet and Ryanair tend to squeeze you into 31" or less seating. (eek!) -- Raymond Chuang 31" is pretty much the norm for International Scheduled Airlines flying into the UK, including British Airways and United. EasyJet and Ryanair will allow you 29". Some Charter Airlines give 28" or even less! See http://www.uk-air.net/seatpitch.htm JohnT |
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Which plane was that? If I remember correctly, Southwest's pitch is 32"
in their 737-200s, 32"-33" in their 737-300s and, I think, 737-500s, and 33"-34" in their 737-700s. For comparison, United's 737s and A320s/319s have 31" in coach, except for the Economy Plus rows (not available in all 737s) which are 34"-35". Ramon James Robinson wrote: "Clark W. Griswold, Jr." wrote: (arfam4) wrote: I recently traveled by Southwest Airlines. This is my first travel by this airline. It seemed to me there is slightly more space between seats than other airlines I have traveled. Is it my imagination? No. Most Southwest rows have 34" between them. Most other airlines run 32-33" and a few run 31". I was just on a Southwest flight with my tape measure. I measured four rows toward the rear of the aircraft, and from first hand measurements, the pitch varied somewhat, but was 32 to 33 inches. |
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AA has it's own airline??
Wow!!! I had no idea when I was standing up in front of all those people that they also had an airline... Wait a minute.... If AA has an airline, and all the people at the meetings are trying to dry out... does that mean the pilots are... nah... .impossible... ???? On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 04:06:32 GMT, mrtravel wrote: Yes, not more than other carriers, and less space if you were to compare them with the 737s that AA flies. |
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It was a 737-300
Ramon Miquel wrote: Which plane was that? If I remember correctly, Southwest's pitch is 32" in their 737-200s, 32"-33" in their 737-300s and, I think, 737-500s, and 33"-34" in their 737-700s. For comparison, United's 737s and A320s/319s have 31" in coach, except for the Economy Plus rows (not available in all 737s) which are 34"-35". Ramon James Robinson wrote: "Clark W. Griswold, Jr." wrote: (arfam4) wrote: I recently traveled by Southwest Airlines. This is my first travel by this airline. It seemed to me there is slightly more space between seats than other airlines I have traveled. Is it my imagination? No. Most Southwest rows have 34" between them. Most other airlines run 32-33" and a few run 31". I was just on a Southwest flight with my tape measure. I measured four rows toward the rear of the aircraft, and from first hand measurements, the pitch varied somewhat, but was 32 to 33 inches. |
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