An FAA-commissioned study meant to determine the effect of passenger body size, seat size, and seat pitch on cabin evacuation ...

Declining seat space for passengers on commercial airplanes, coupled with the growing prevalence of larger passengers in the ...

Seat pitch can vary widely depending on the airline you fly with and the type of plane your flying on. Budget airlines like Spirit can sometimes have seat pitches as low as 28 inches, ...

Like American, Delta also operates a fleet with 31 to 32 inches of seat pitch on most of its planes. However, the airline does operate some Airbus A319s, A320s, Boeing 757s, and McDonnell-Douglas ...

Airlines’ seat pitch, the distance between a row of seats, has become smaller and smaller. Seat pitch in economy class ranges from 29 inches to 33 inches for major airlines.

HAMBURG, Germany - Many airline passengers associate seat pitch, or the distance between a point on a seat and the same point on the seat ahead, with legroom, and 30 inches of pitch is fairly ...

This, however, has been hampered by the average seat pitch for seats shrinking from around 35 inches in the 1980s to between 28 and 31 inches today. Within the United States, ...

However, you can get an extra 4 inches of seat pitch for an additional charge by choosing one of its fleet’s Legroom + seats (either front- or exit-row).

The worst option is a window seat, especially on budget carriers like Spirit, which tend to have the lowest seat pitch. For passengers with larger bodies, seat width and location may also be ...

Ultra-low-cost carriers, such as Spirit Airlines, have reduced the pitch on many seats to 28 inches. The process has allowed airlines to collect more passenger revenue, ...