Aug 30, 2016, 12:34 am
Last edit by: intuition
Airbus A319
Designator: A319
Good seats/FT'ers pick: 1A, 10C
Legroom seats: 1ABC (bulkhead), 2DEF (bulkhead), Row 10 (exit, seats do recline)
Overhead stowage notes: 2DEF no overhead due to emergency equipment; closet available in front of 2DEF
General notes: Unknown if pitch varies
Airbus A320
Designator: A320
Good seats/FT'ers pick: 1A
Legroom seats: 1ABC (bulkhead), 2DEF (bulkhead), Row 11 (exit, seats do recline), Row 12 (exit, seats do recline). Row 11 has more legroom than row 12, but row 12 is still significantly better than regular rows.
Overhead stowage notes: 2DEF no overhead due to emergency equipment; closet available in front of 2DEF
General notes: Unknown if pitch varies
Airbus A321
Two versions exist.
Designator: A321
Good seats/FT'ers pick: 9A, 9F (due to no seat in front of it. N.b. tray table is in the armrest, making width slightly tighter)
Legroom seats: 1ABCDEF (bulkhead), 8BCDE, 9AF, 22ABCDEF (all exit rows; 9AF enjoy the most legroom; all seats in rows 8 and 9 recline) While row 8 is exit row and has good pitch, bins and foot-traffic from 9AF might be an issue. Some pics are here.
Overhead stowage notes: Emergency equipment in bins above 1DEF, 8DE, 22DEF. Closet space available in front of 1DEF. No bins at all above 8BC. Bin above 7ABC divided into smaller compartments
General notes: Unknown if pitch varies.
Designator: A32B
Good seats/FT'ers pick: ?
Legroom seats: 1ABCDEF (bulkhead), 10ABCDEF, 24ABCDEF (exit rows; seats do recline; FA sits opposite 10F and 24F)
Overhead stowage notes: Emergency equipment in bins above 1DEF and halfway through 2DEF, 9-10ABC, 9-10DEF, 23ABCDEF. Narrow closet in front of 1DEF used for crew bags.
General notes: Slightly larger pitch on rows 2–8.
Embraer E190
Designator: E90
Good seats/FT'ers pick: ?
Legroom seats: 1ACDF (bulkhead), 11ACDF (exit, seats do recline), both rows enjoy a more or less equal amount of legroom
Overhead stowage notes: –
General notes: Unknown if pitch varies
Embraer E190-2
Operated by Wideroe for Finnair in a 114 seat config
Designator: 290
Good seats/FT'ers pick: ?
Legroom seats: 2AC 1DF (bulkhead, no 1AC in the config), 12ACDF (exit row)
Overhead stowage notes: –
General notes:
Designator: A319
Good seats/FT'ers pick: 1A, 10C
Legroom seats: 1ABC (bulkhead), 2DEF (bulkhead), Row 10 (exit, seats do recline)
Overhead stowage notes: 2DEF no overhead due to emergency equipment; closet available in front of 2DEF
General notes: Unknown if pitch varies
Airbus A320
Designator: A320
Good seats/FT'ers pick: 1A
Legroom seats: 1ABC (bulkhead), 2DEF (bulkhead), Row 11 (exit, seats do recline), Row 12 (exit, seats do recline). Row 11 has more legroom than row 12, but row 12 is still significantly better than regular rows.
Overhead stowage notes: 2DEF no overhead due to emergency equipment; closet available in front of 2DEF
General notes: Unknown if pitch varies
Airbus A321
Two versions exist.
Designator: A321
Good seats/FT'ers pick: 9A, 9F (due to no seat in front of it. N.b. tray table is in the armrest, making width slightly tighter)
Legroom seats: 1ABCDEF (bulkhead), 8BCDE, 9AF, 22ABCDEF (all exit rows; 9AF enjoy the most legroom; all seats in rows 8 and 9 recline) While row 8 is exit row and has good pitch, bins and foot-traffic from 9AF might be an issue. Some pics are here.
Overhead stowage notes: Emergency equipment in bins above 1DEF, 8DE, 22DEF. Closet space available in front of 1DEF. No bins at all above 8BC. Bin above 7ABC divided into smaller compartments
General notes: Unknown if pitch varies.
Designator: A32B
Good seats/FT'ers pick: ?
Legroom seats: 1ABCDEF (bulkhead), 10ABCDEF, 24ABCDEF (exit rows; seats do recline; FA sits opposite 10F and 24F)
Overhead stowage notes: Emergency equipment in bins above 1DEF and halfway through 2DEF, 9-10ABC, 9-10DEF, 23ABCDEF. Narrow closet in front of 1DEF used for crew bags.
General notes: Slightly larger pitch on rows 2–8.
Embraer E190
Designator: E90
Good seats/FT'ers pick: ?
Legroom seats: 1ACDF (bulkhead), 11ACDF (exit, seats do recline), both rows enjoy a more or less equal amount of legroom
Overhead stowage notes: –
General notes: Unknown if pitch varies
Embraer E190-2
Operated by Wideroe for Finnair in a 114 seat config
Designator: 290
Good seats/FT'ers pick: ?
Legroom seats: 2AC 1DF (bulkhead, no 1AC in the config), 12ACDF (exit row)
Overhead stowage notes: –
General notes:
Seating advice needed
Aug 30, 2016, 1:07 am
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Aug 30, 2016, 4:54 am
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Yes, Wiki and Sticky as per Intuition's original suggestion is a very good idea! That's what I had in mind, collecting my observations on recent flights... I'll add them to the Wiki post when I've got the time!
Edit: A320 and A321 added. I'd be happy if someone could comment on the recline of A320/row 11 and A321/rows 7 and 21.
Edit: A320 and A321 added. I'd be happy if someone could comment on the recline of A320/row 11 and A321/rows 7 and 21.
Last edited by ffay005; Aug 30, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Oct 4, 2016, 10:39 am
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Two questions about A321 (32B)
1. Why is 10C to prefer over 10A? Just because aisle? Only A and F has the extra legspace.
2. I am on A321 "operated by Air Berlin for finnair". In MMB it has designator 32B and the seatmap presented is identical to AY 32B. So I chose 10A. But airberlin.com has this seat named 12A... Besides that AB apparently has crammed in 2 more rows between doors 1 and 2, my chosen seat (10A) does not exist in reality.
So where will AY put me? 58Ö? I need to call in, right?
1. Why is 10C to prefer over 10A? Just because aisle? Only A and F has the extra legspace.
2. I am on A321 "operated by Air Berlin for finnair". In MMB it has designator 32B and the seatmap presented is identical to AY 32B. So I chose 10A. But airberlin.com has this seat named 12A... Besides that AB apparently has crammed in 2 more rows between doors 1 and 2, my chosen seat (10A) does not exist in reality.
So where will AY put me? 58Ö? I need to call in, right?
Oct 4, 2016, 4:19 pm
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The A32B part is actually still empty, the texts there were just copypasted from some other aircraft type so they did not reflect the A32B. I've edited the wiki, substituting the false info with question marks. Let's hope someone will add some real info soon.
Oct 4, 2016, 4:24 pm
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Perhaps AY's decision to call these XL seats is less misleading than calling them legroom seats.
Oct 4, 2016, 11:04 pm
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I always try to get the first row despite the drawbacks of less space for legs and a bit narrower seat because of the foldable table. My usual flights in these aircraft are less than 3 hours so these are minor issues.
Reasons for the first row are:
1) The feeling of space because the bulkhead is much further ahead than the seat in front might be. Two windows in some cases is also very nice
2) Almost direct access to the aisle from the window seat. The person sitting by the aisle is disturbed when the person by the window must go to powder ones nose, but doesn't have to stand up
3) NF first served, major bonus on a short flight
Reasons for the first row are:
1) The feeling of space because the bulkhead is much further ahead than the seat in front might be. Two windows in some cases is also very nice
2) Almost direct access to the aisle from the window seat. The person sitting by the aisle is disturbed when the person by the window must go to powder ones nose, but doesn't have to stand up
3) NF first served, major bonus on a short flight
Last edited by Hartsa; Oct 5, 2016 at 12:41 am
Oct 5, 2016, 12:14 am
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I always try to get the first row despite the drawbacks of less space for legs and a bit narrower seat because of the foldable table. My usual flights in these aircraft are less than 3 hours so these are minor issues.
Reasons for the first row are:
1) The feeling of space because the bulkhead is much further ahead than the seat in front might be. Two windows in some cases is also very nice
2) Almost direct access to the aisle from the window seat. The person sitting by the isle is disturbed when the person by the window must go to powder ones nose, but doesn't have to stand up
3) NF first served, major bonus on a short flight
Reasons for the first row are:
1) The feeling of space because the bulkhead is much further ahead than the seat in front might be. Two windows in some cases is also very nice
2) Almost direct access to the aisle from the window seat. The person sitting by the isle is disturbed when the person by the window must go to powder ones nose, but doesn't have to stand up
3) NF first served, major bonus on a short flight
Oct 5, 2016, 2:15 am
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I'll always choose 1C on A319/A320 if available as you can stretch your legs into the area in front of the newspaper cabinet (for most of the flight).
Oct 11, 2016, 4:58 am
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Weird thing happened today, had checked in and confimed my pre selected aisle C seat for flight, going to the lounge and loaded BP for entry from the App..seat had changed to a window A one row behind...no equipment change and my original C was still open so changed back...AY it rocking, again!