Originally Posted by
clubman
All aircraft will have seats removed, but the biggest change will be with the 787s where around 175 regular economy seats have been removed from the fleet, in order to make space for the "Space" seats.
The Space seats locations will be as follows:
787 - rows 21,27, and 35 offering 34" of legroom
Let's see if I get the maths right:
They have increased space by three inches per seat, and there are three rows that offer the extra three inches, and there's nine seats in each row. 3x3x9=81 inches. That's less than the space that three regular seats occupy (93 inches). So, in order to make room for the space seats, they have to remove three regular seats from each plane.
If they have removed 175 regular seats, it means that they have a fleet of around 60 787s, right?
There's something fishy here ...