The seat pitch on the 737-700's is so tight now you would practically need a shoe horn to squeeze in and out of the seat if they added another row "
Agree if they went as tight as Tiger it would hurt their brand. AirNZ tried that on the 737-300 in the rear and retreated about 2 years ago.
Fir the 737-700 is there an issue with pax to CC ratios in Aust? I thought the dispensation only applied to the -800.
This raised 2 questions to me. 1) Will DJ shift towards to 737-800 with their upcoming order and hence the -700 seating issue becomes less significant?
2) Assuming CC ratio issues do not present a regulatory problem, could they drop one of the two rear toilets (3 in total at the moment) and get three extra seats that way? I have seen that on some A319 floor plans.(AirNZ has 2 toilets to 144 PAX on the A320 in the economy cabin). Remove some gallery space, relocate the other rear toilet and they get a full row.