Economy Seating - Would you pay more for legroom?
Three threads dealing with seating in economy - seat design, recline and legroom: but would you pay more for more legroom as standard?
Premium economy varies from about 38 inch pitch with VS and BA to 45 with BD for a hefty price increase, up to double the economy fare depending on route/demand.
However, if the airlines removed 1 row in every 9 ( on a 747 with 32 inch pitch, 10 abreast) and increased the seat pitch to 35 or 36 inches it would hike the price by between 10 and 12.5%.
Would you pay that extra for more legroom and recline?
Or would you say " Nope, I'll save the extra £100 and moan all the way"