American Airlines adds extra seats in the cabin

American Airlines adds extra seats in the cabin

Soon the aircraft American Airlines can carry more passengers, but their interiors will become even more closely — the airline plans to add in each of them 10-15 seats.

The innovation will affect the comfort of customers who prefer low cost tickets because of additional space will establish in the economy compartment. To do this, in three ranks, the distance between seats plan to cut at 5 cm, and in the remaining 11 — 2.5 cm.

In other compartments aviasudov Boeing 737 Max, which serve passengers on American Airlines, the legroom will remain the same.

After the modernization of economy class in the ships carrier can hardly be called spacious — if now the distance between the seats is 77.5 cm after compaction of the cabin it will be reduced to 72.5. For comparison, in the economy sections of aircraft budget airlines , Alaska, JetBlue and Southwest , the figure is in the range of 77.5-82 see

It is hoped that passengers will receive compensation for the discomfort in the form of cheaper tickets.

Note that this year, Forbes magazine awarded American Airlines the 10-th place in the ranking of U.S. airlines. The assessment was carried out by criteria such as timeliness of arrival, the percentage of canceled flights and number of passenger complaints.

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