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What a difference an inch makes! Southwest happily competes with United with very similar pricing yet they have 32-33" seat pitches with some jets using 31" vs
by technofiend 7y ago
What a difference an inch makes! Southwest happily competes with United with very similar pricing yet they have 32-33" seat pitches with some jets using 31" vs United running 32-31" pitches with some seats now down to 30". Weirdly it looks like Jet Blue has even larger pitches, peaking at 34".
Since Jet Blue and Southwest are considered discount carriers vs United clearly pitch isn't exclusively about price. It's also about profit, particularly when Southwest also has wider seats than United.
Seriously I'm glad we had this discussion because despite living in Houston I think I'll by flying Southwest in preference to United from now on.
https://www.businessinsider.com/america-airline-legroom-guide-seat-pitch-2017-3#delta-air-lines-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/america-airline-legroom-guid...
- magduf 7y agoI'm not talking about Southwest vs. some other American carrier in 2019, I'm talking about American carriers in general in 2019 vs. American carriers in 1985. They had more room back then, but ticket prices were much more than they are now, after adjusting for inflation.