If the tickets are cheap enough, people will use these seats. The question is, how much cheaper does this make tickets? Edit: Made some very rough estimates Fl

If the tickets are cheap enough, people will use these seats. The question is, how much cheaper does this make tickets? Edit: Made some very rough estimates Flight from Chicago to New York with United is $178, (found on Expedia). There are 112 economy seats = $19,936. Flights aren't going to be full to capacity but let's just assume for now. Assume that United replace it's entire economy section of the flight with these seats.The economy section is 617" long. 617/23 = 27 rows of seats * 6 seats/row - 2 emergency exits = 160 seats. $19,936/160 = $124.60 So if you replaced the entire economy cabin with these seats, a flight from NY to Chicago would go from $178 to $124.60. That's a pretty significant price cut.