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Old May 18, 2016, 9:13 am
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ChrisA330
 
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Originally Posted by jasdou
Their strategic plan disclosed that the A333 will go from 265 seats to 292. I can't see that happening without reducing pitch in Y.

It has been rumored that the mini J cabin (which holds 10 J seats) will be reconfigured to PY, most likely 21 seats like the 787 PY cabins. But that would only take you to 276 seats. So you need to gain an additional 16 seats in Y, two full rows, either by reducing seat pitch or by going with slimline seats. There are 30 Y rows so I guess you could take out 2" of pitch per row to squeeze in two additional rows. But that would take you to ACr-type seat pitch.
I bet they squeeze pitch to 31-32" and remove 1 or 2 lavs.
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