<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
originally posted by adamadam4

The reply from Air Canada follows...


Good afternoon Pauly,

I am responding to your email regarding the reduced seat pitch due to the reconfiguration of the economy class cabin.

I reviewed this issue with the maintenence group and they did confirm that there has been a reduction of the seat pitch on the A 319 and A320 aircraft for the seats forward of the emergency exit rows..

On the A320, rows 13 and 14 now have a 31 inch pitch compared to rows 15 and 16 (35 inches, emergency exit rows) and 32 inches for the rest of the Y class cabin.

The A319 seat pitch is now uniform throughout the cabin at 31 inches except for the emergency exit rows, 35 inches.

I agree that these are premium rows and although we would have preferred to keep an increased seat pitch, we were constrained by the location of the emergency exits when the re-configuration was done.

Regards,

Franca Bretti

</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">

Mikel at WebFlyer
This question was submitted earlier by StuMcIlwain: Why did Air Canada reduce the seat pitch only in the "preferred seating" section of their A320 and 767-200 Y cabins, the section reserved for Aeroplan status members?

Rupert Duchesne
We didn't: the cabins in both aircraft were standardized at 32 except for exit rows which have 1 inch less on A320s. However, some of our members do like those rows and we can't move seats in this area which is unfortunate TQ
</font>