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But the seat width is determined by the seating configuration and the plane is designed so that one or two particular seating configurations will work well. (Al
by waqf 9y ago
But the seat width is determined by the seating configuration and the plane is designed so that one or two particular seating configurations will work well. (Although it matters less for widebodies where there's enough wiggle room to say "this plane will fit 8 reasonable economy seats or 9 ridiculously narrow ones".)
- zeusk 9y agoNope, airlines decide on the width too. The entire internal layout is up to the airline including the lavatory design. 747 has both 9 and 10 seat wide configuration.
- waqf 9y agoThat's why I made an exception for widebodies, although I accept that "making an exception for widebodies" more or less undermines my point. But I claim that, for example, you can't realistically have a 737 layout that isn't 6 seats wide in coach — and that means the width of your coach seats will be whatever width fits 6 seats plus one gangway.
- zeusk 9y agoYou can and they did. Air India and KLM operated 737s with 5 seat config in economy (flew in them) up till last decade.