Originally Posted by dogcanyon
I flew EK from SIN to CMB on a 777 with 10-across seating in Economy. The seats were the narrowest I have ever seen on a commercial airfcraft and the 1709 miles seemed like an eternity. I hate to even think of what a JFK-DXB-SYD journey would be like on that aircraft.
The "narrowest" seats are 1 inch less (17) than on other aircrafts (18).
I understand, that for some people one inch matters.
On the other hand they have 3 inch more legroom (34 against 31 on most other airlines), this is much more important for lot of other people!