Originally Posted by
rkkwan
And you guys want to talk pitch. Here are some international "second-rate" airlines that have 31" pitch: AC (763), BA (744 10-abreast too!), ANA (744 10-abreast again!), EK (343), KL (M11 and 744), LH (A346), NW (744), QF (333 and 744 - some of those people fly all the way from OZ to Europe! No wonder so many are dying of DVT!), SAA, USAirways (333)
An important caveat regarding pitch on the above list:
1. Only KL and QF have
only 31" seat pitch in their major int'l long-haul coach sections.
All the other airlines either have a variety of pitch configurations, or PE, or a combination of the two.
To be completely fair, so does CO, since their two 767 variants have 32" seat pitch.
But only CO and QF make their transpac coach customers sit in only 31" seat pitch, with no PE option.
Finally, regarding your analysis on the feasibility of PE, since we don't have the respective RASM's per airline for PE and E, it's not easy to make a definitive conclusion.
P.S.:I did not inlcude US in my list because there is little question that it qualifies as a "second rate airline"
