Originally Posted by
Unimatrix One
I've never understood the European model. Is there any other region of the world where the airlines do this? Even here in Japan, where domestic flights are shorter than many European routes, ANA's premium cabin has wide seats with 50 inches of pitch. (Better even than US domestic F, which is also better than European business class.)
US carriers used to do this in the 70's before going to the big recliners. They did this even on wide body aircrafts. I don't think it was ever sold as first class or business. Just a special section upfront for full fare coach passengers.
