If you're looking for a reasonable Business Class experience this cabin should be fine but it's indicative of a truly terrible
Economy Class cabin just a few feet further back.
Not exact matches
Passengers on airlines with
just one
class of travel, even on all - business
class airlines like Silverjet and Eos, pay the lower rate, while those travelling in Premium
Economy on two -
cabin charter flights pay the higher rate.
Rather incredibly, the American Airlines 737 8 MAX offers the same leg room in Main
Cabin Extra and less leg room in
Economy class than a tiny ERJ - 140 which seats
just 44 passengers.
Lufthansa offers
just 31 ″ of seat pitch and seats that are
just 17 ″ wide in its existing long haul
Economy Class cabins and that's unlikely to change in the A350.
The
Economy Class cabin shares the same tight seat width as the Main Cabin extra seats but the Economy Class seats have a seat pitch of just 31 ″ — and that's really not very good at
cabin shares the same tight seat width as the Main
Cabin extra seats but the Economy Class seats have a seat pitch of just 31 ″ — and that's really not very good at
Cabin extra seats but the
Economy Class seats have a seat pitch of
just 31 ″ — and that's really not very good at all.
News roundup: Includes news that United Airlines is to introduce a long - haul Premium
Economy cabin, details of Qantas» new route to the US that has
just started taking bookings, news that Lufthansa has removed First
Class on another route to the US, details of Hilton's new property in Sydney and more.
Conversely, as things stand, American Airlines only has a product they call «Main
Cabin Extra» (MCE) which is just a few rows of seats towards the front of the Economy Class cabin with a little extra leg
Cabin Extra» (MCE) which is
just a few rows of seats towards the front of the
Economy Class cabin with a little extra leg
cabin with a little extra leg room.
Under this type of program, Cathay would only award status - earning points to travellers who purchase premium
cabin seats or the most expensive
economy class seats (which are often
just as expensive as the cheapest premium
cabin seats).
All three US legacy carriers now offer some form of Basic
Economy fares, American has only
just backed away from the idea of introducing
cabins with
just 29 ″ of legroom, United got everyone excited with its Polaris Business
Class product up until the point we realised that it will be a gazillion years before it's fully rolled out and Delta has a long haul fleet that makes Mel Brooks look young.
The
Economy Class cabin shares the same incredibly tight seat - width as the Main Cabin extra seats but the Economy Class seats also have a significantly reduced seat pitch of just 31 ″ — and that can not be fun on what will be a 13 + hour jou
cabin shares the same incredibly tight seat - width as the Main
Cabin extra seats but the Economy Class seats also have a significantly reduced seat pitch of just 31 ″ — and that can not be fun on what will be a 13 + hour jou
Cabin extra seats but the
Economy Class seats also have a significantly reduced seat pitch of
just 31 ″ — and that can not be fun on what will be a 13 + hour journey.
The
Economy Class cabin shares the same tight seat width as the Main Cabin extra seats but the Economy Class seats have a seat pitch of just 31 ″ — and there's no way I'm flying to New Zealand in a seat that tight and with that little leg
cabin shares the same tight seat width as the Main
Cabin extra seats but the Economy Class seats have a seat pitch of just 31 ″ — and there's no way I'm flying to New Zealand in a seat that tight and with that little leg
Cabin extra seats but the
Economy Class seats have a seat pitch of
just 31 ″ — and there's no way I'm flying to New Zealand in a seat that tight and with that little leg room.
There's a mini-
cabin just behind First
Class and a second, larger
cabin just ahead of the Premium
Economy seats.
The airline has also squeezed in 213
Economy Class seats into the
cabin and that has left the seat pitch at
just 31 ″ — and that's not a lot of leg room.
Just as I don't book long haul
Economy Class awards I don't consider short haul Premium
Cabin bookings to be a good use of my miles — I can handle an exit row in
Economy Class for a short flight.
Economy Class has a seat pitch of
just 31 ″ and seats that are
just 17 ″ wide so this is comparable to the
cabins we've seen on the American Airlines Dreamliners — compact and uncomfortable on long flights.
That's it for the amenities list and, to be fair, that's
just about all you get in most transatlantic
Economy Class cabins.
With 9 seats across the regular
Economy Class cabin the seat width is a paltry 17 ″ and the seat pitch is
just 31 ″.
The Air Tahiti Nui 787 Dreamliner has an
Economy Class cabin with a 3 -3-3
cabin layout and will offer seats with
just 31 ″ of seat pitch and, based on other Dreamliners with the same configuration, at most 17.5 ″ of seat width.
I've never flown in Austrian Airlines» long haul
economy class cabin (and I never will) but I can tell you now that 10 + hours with
just 31 ″ of leg room and
just 17 ″ of seat width is tantamount to torture.
The airline has squeezed in 213
Economy Class seats into the
cabin and that has left the seat pitch at
just 31 ″.
In the air, premium
economy class passengers get a dedicated
cabin just aft of the business
class galley with spacious recliner seats, noise - cancelling headphones, «Book the Cook» meal services and amenity kits.
All Nippon Airways is one of
just 7 airlines to earn a five - star rating from Skytrax, and while the luxurious first and business
class cabins play a large role in this, so does the quality of the
economy class product.
The 32 Business
Class seats were spread over 7 rows in
just one
cabin, which was located in front of the large
Economy Class cabin (which featured no less than 265 seats).
Iberia's Airbus A330 - 300 planes are equipped with two Business
Class cabins: a large
cabin which seats 28 passengers in front of the plane (behind the cockpit) and a smaller, more intimate
cabin with
just 8 seats in front of the 242 seat
Economy Class cabin.