Originally Posted by
austin_res
AA has 10-across on their 77W for over 1 year now. But UA and DL still have 9-across seating in Y on their 777s, and don't appear to have any plans to switch to 10-across. If most passengers don't care, why aren't UA and DL changing to 10-across to take advantage of more revenue potential?
Well for one thing UA only recently refurbished their 777s from 2-5-2 to 3-3-3 less than 3 years ago. They are dirt broke and are not going to spend extra money right now to refurbish.
DL's 77Ls are relatively new and thus they are not going to spend money to refurbish so soon. Maybe when the D check comes along they will.
AC is refurbishing all their 3-3-3 777s to 3-4-3. When DL and UA realizes that carriers with 3-4-3 are still selling full planes, then they will follow suit. i mean its been pretty clear from UA's actions they dont care about pax comfort and are all about maximum profit.
One thing to note is that boeing's marketing materials for the 777X's fuel efficiency and seat economy is based on a 3-4-3 configuration. Eventually everybody will be flying 3-4-3 on 777s in the future. Basically everyone flies 3-3-3 on a 787 that was designed for 2-4-2 (with the exception of two japanese airlines)