Originally Posted by Spiff
I hope purchasers of the Airbus products are less-willing to stuff too many seats into not enough space.
You cannot physically fit nine-abreast seating in an A350 (well you can, but at like 15" or less width).
While the cabin interior is wider then the A330/A340, the fuselage diameter is not, so 2+4+2 is as many as you can put in. Right now that seating is 18" wide, so it is possible Airbus could offer 19" wide seats.
Originally Posted by Flaflyer
Dear Boeing...
Not sure why you're ranting at Boeing, since they just install the seats the airlines deliver to their front door.
While it would have been nice to have 19" wide seats (and we may yet see them in the premium Economy cabins), more seats means lower trip costs which means lower prices.
If airlines thought they could command a fare premium for offering wider seats, they'd do it. But look at airlines like EK, with 10-abreast in the 777 (vs. 9-abreast on most other carriers), who can then offer lower fares and soak up more demand.