Average leg room in economy class

[hybrid 1]

found this bit of usefull information on a site ..

Average leg room in economy class in inches

 

i did think my last flight with emirates had less room that with Thai .. but never knew it was correct till i saw this

 

Monarch Airlines 28

Singapore Airlines 32

JMC 28

Lauda Air 32

Gulf Air 28

Emirates 32

Britannia 28

British Midland 32

Airtours 28

Austrian Airlines 32

Air 2000 28

Air Lingus 32

Ryanair 29

Cathy Pacific 32

Go 29

Alitalia 33

Easy Jet 29

Malaysian 34

Virgin Atlantic 30

Lufthansa 34

Qantas 30

Japan Airlines 34

Delta 30

American Airlines 34

Caledonian 30

Air New Zealand 34

British Airways 31

Thai Airways 34

United Airlines 31

Air France 34

KLM 31

Air China 34

Iceland Air 31

Air Canada 34

 

Minimum distance required by Civil Aviation Authority is 26 inches.

* Airlines measure legroom as seat pitch - the distance from the front of the seat to the back of the seat in front.

[Tahoe_Bill 0]

The Seat Guru URL was posted to a thread a couple years and I've found it very useful:

 

http://www.seatguru.com/index.php

 

Site provides seat pitch, width, available electronics and reviews of good and bad seats (by aircraft type) for the folowing airlines:

 

Air Canada

Air France

Air New Zealand

AirTran

Alitalia

America West

American Airlines

ANA

Asiana

ATA

BMI

British Airways

Cathay Pacific

Continental

Delta

Emirates

Frontier

Hawaiian

Jet Blue

KLM

Lufthansa

Maxjet

Midwest

Northwest

Qantas

Singapore Air

South Africa

Southwest

Spirit

Swiss

Thai

United

US Airways

Virgin Atlantic

Westjet

 

Cheers!

 

Bill

 

PS; thanks to the original poster of this URL.

[Emil 0]

One thing about United Airlines is that if you fly at least 25,000 miles a year your considered Premier in their frequent flyer program. They will then place you in their Economy Plus section of the plane which provides an additional 5" of legroom for no additional cost.

[joes3175 0]

If you arrive early at the Airport, ask for the seat at the emergency door.With most airline you have sign a form that in case of the emergency you help etc.On front of these chairs is a chair (foldable) for the stewardes who sits there only at take off and landing.So you have about 5Ft !! legroom most of the time! Also you get the BEST service! I'm 6'5 and 130kg, so do understand the problem.

[Kev 178]

Anyone know the leg pitch/length for Royal Brunei out of interest.

 

Flying to Thailand at Xmas using them for the first time.

[glynbuk 29]

Anyone know the leg pitch/length for Royal Brunei out of interest.

 

Flying to Thailand at Xmas using them for the first time.

 

 

there are quite a few sites with information, do a search on google for royal brunei legroom

and you will find things like this

 

http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/travel-tips/legroom.html

 

it says economy at 32 inch pitch

 

but you cannot be sure it works on all planes.

[Tahoe_Bill 0]

Yep,

Per their webpage,

32' pitch and seatback monitor etc. on the refitted B767 aircraft.

http://www.bruneiair.com/services/economy_class.asp

Cheers,

Bill

Edited November 1, 2006 by Tahoe_Bill

[BigDUSA 71]

UA has started to charge for exit row seats if your not a Premier member of their frequent flyer program.

[neilri2001 42]

Notice how all the charter / budget airlines have a pitch of only 28 to 30 inches. a nasty way to start your holiday and maybe a health hazard unless you're super skinny and super fit.

 

neil

[glynbuk 29]

Notice how all the charter / budget airlines have a pitch of only 28 to 30 inches. a nasty way to start your holiday and maybe a health hazard unless you're super skinny and super fit.

 

neil

 

i read somewhere that 27/28 inch is the smallest allowed seat pitch by most aviation authorities and BA's seat

pitch on short haul is 30 - 31 inch and i wouldnt fancy 10 - 12 hours on one of them let alone 28 inch pitch

[Emil 0]

UA has started to charge for exit row seats if your not a Premier member of their frequent flyer program.

 

I don't like that, now some SOB will be paying for the seat that I always get for free.

[Kev 178]

Thanks gents,

 

Just checked the tickets and yep the plane is a 767 so hopefully is will be a refitted one. I just love those personal TVs on the planes.

 

Cheers,

Kev

 

Yep,

Per their webpage,

32' pitch and seatback monitor etc. on the refitted B767 aircraft.

http://www.bruneiair.com/services/economy_class.asp

Cheers,

Bill

[Chivas 0]

I notice Qatar was not mentioned in the seat pitch listings, and whilst having flown them for the first time recently (which I will not repeat as overall they were shight) but would have to say they have the biggest seat pitch in economy I have ever sat in.

 

In their Airbus 340-600 Doha - Heathrow the pitch must have been 35/36 " ??

 

Chivas

[glynbuk 29]

In their Airbus 340-600 Doha - Heathrow the pitch must have been 35/36 " ??

 

Chivas

 

it seems that all seat pitches vary by plane etc

 

qatar is shown as 32 inch in economy on here

 

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/seats_meafrica.htm