United confirms 10-abreast seating on some of its 777s

[Eugene]

Source: USA Today

United confirms 10-abreast seating on some of its 777s

Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY 11:37 a.m. EST March 9, 2016

United Airlines plans to retrofit 19 of its 74 Boeing 777 widebodies into a high-density domestic configuration that will include 10-abreast seating in economy, the carrier confirmed to Today in the Sky.

United will apply the change to nine of its Boeing 777s that are already used for domestic flights, mostly on flights to and from Hawaii. The other 10 Boeing 777s to be retrofitted will be shifted from United’s long-haul international routes, a move that comes as the carrier’s new Boeing 787 “Dreamliners” pick up more of that flying.

United’s move to 10-across seating in the coach cabin of its 777s echoes a broader industry trend on the popular widebody. Boeing says airlines ordering the aircraft requested 10-across seating on about half of the 777s delivered last year. That’s up from about 30% in 2008, according to the U.S. jetmaker.

Even among U.S. carriers, American already flies some of its 777s with a 10-abreast layout in coach. Emirates, All Nippon Airways, Air New Zealand, KLM and Air France are among global carriers flying at least some of their 777s with 10 across in coach, a configuration that allows them to add more revenue-producing seats to the plane.

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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/03/09/united-confirms-10-abreast-seating-some-its-777s/81519220/

[KamaAina]

1. Seating chart:

[deathrind]

4. 👆 that's funny...and true.

[underpants]

7. Hey! How'd you do that in your subject line

[KamaAina]

9. Do what?

[underpants]

11. On my phone it looks like a gold/yellow gloved hand

With the index finger pointing up in a #1 type gesture.

[KamaAina]

12. Oh. You were responding to the other guy.

[underpants]

16. Yeah

are you new to DU?

[deathrind]

13. Emoji app. 👍💥👍👻😎

[underpants]

19. (Curses under breath) dag burn Whippersnappers!!

Okay. Thanks.

[deathrind]

24. 👀👾🕹🍻

[lpbk2713]

20. 👆 👅 👄 👇 👈 🐲 🐼 👐

Something else for me to waste what would have been productive time on.

[underpants]

22. That's just showing off

Pretty cool

[lpbk2713]

23. I've got to admit.

I just found out it would work here a couple of weeks ago.

[underpants]

8. Airbus already has plans

DU post from Oct 2015

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027240761

[Brickbat]

2. .

[HughBeaumont]

3. Ha ha ha, fuck that noise.

That sort of nonsense is bad enough in a theater. Can you imagine, with absolutely no legroom, having to accommodate a center-seater's multiple trips to the bathroom? Can you imagine the extra cramping and being surrounded by the personal-space clueless?

"How can we make flying even MORE miserable and costly??"

[tblue37]

18. My 20-minute tank means I always book early for an aisle seat, but on the rare occasion when I

can't get an aisle seat, if the trip is longish I explain my problem to the person on the aisle and ask whether they want to switch seats with me. Usually they are very nice about switching. Most people would rather not be climbed past repeatedly, and I make a genuine effor NOT to crowd the person next to me, so being in the middle won't mean they get squished.

[IDemo]

5. Haven't flown since 1998

And it's exceedingly unlikely to happen again.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. This is not a new idea

[Hortensis]

21. LOL. Being petite is not necessarily the advantage

one might think, either. I've been squeezed between 2 large frames before. Funny how even nice men seem to consider the arm rest and whatever space they need on my side of it is theirs. Right of occupancy or something, and I'm apparently not the occupant.

Last time flying I had taken my aisle seat in coach when 2 large, good-looking men boarded to take seats on the other side -- bad fit. The one who'd drawn the inside seat turned to me and gave a pitch for mercy -- he actually had the nerve to ask right out for my seat, but my heart was hard.

Oh, just remembered -- the actual last time I flew I informed the man to my right when he sat down that I would take the rear half of the arm rest (to rest my elbow on) and he could have the forward half. He was a little startled I think but didn't demur, and that's how we rode.

[LiberalArkie]

26. Just think of how many more humans they could have fit in

if they thought of chairs to make the people comfortable.

[oldandhappy]

10. Awful on long flights. I fly the Pacific. Need to be able to get up and out for the toilet.

[Initech]

14. Got to make that precious profit at our expense.

Really how much shit are they going to put us travelers through just to make their precious billions? And how much are we going to take until we say enough is enough?

[Warren DeMontague]

15. JUST FUCKING SEDATE US AND STACK US LIKE CORDWOOD

it would be more humane.

[flamingdem]

17. United's new seats are thin and uncomfortable even for a not tall person

I avoid United due to the discomfort of their seats, looks like it's just getting worse.

[pokerfan]

25. What this means (graphic)

[treestar]

27. what do they mean - 10 across with two aisles

or a bank of ten seats with people in the middle of a ten seat row with aisles only at the ends?

I recall the L1011s I used to fly on that had 5 across in the middle then aisles then either 2/3 on the window sides and that would have already been 9 or 11 across.

[Angleae]

28. They're currently 2/5/2 moving to (presumably) 3/4/3.

They can't really move the aisles too much as the seat tracks are part of the planes structure.