Originally Posted by
Fiordland
Are they doing this by reducing baggage space or by reducing pitch? I can't think of any other way of fitting more seats into the same aircraft.
I think it's a combination of both. We were notified a couple of weeks ago that dangerous goods shipments would no longer be allowed on the Q400s due to a seating reconfiguration, so I assume this takes some space from the cargo hold. They changed their minds a few days later though, so who knows?