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Old Sep 29, 2020 | 4:20 pm
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Originally Posted by cmd320
This I find a bit difficult to believe. If it's just a matter of thinner sidewalls, I feel like we would have seen basically every airline go 2-4-2 on these planes. Cabin width on the 767 is 186in vs 222in on the A300 (and I would assume 310/330/340), a difference of 3ft. I'm not sure how they could possibly get an additional 3ft out of thinner sidewalls.
Delta was planning on going to 2-4-2 around 2008 but the seat manufacturer went out of business. I'll see if I can find the photos Delta used in the promotion.

United managed to put the same seat on their 737Max as they have on their A320/319. They just reduced the size of the armrest. So there are all kinds of ways to do it.
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