Alasdair, some of the silent majority do find such information interesting. An airline can't function without a fleet ( unless it's Manx2 ).
Neither is this forum interested in aircraft seating configuration, in flight entertainment, or which aircraft type is flying a particular route.....
Eh? A new Thomas Cook route from, say, Southend to Chicago BUT DON'T MENTION THE AIRCRAFT TYPE? Now that's just silly.
Why even bother to discuss an airline unless you're willing to discuss its principal assets: aircraft. Those big iron ( or plastic ) birds that cost $100 million apiece and make the airline's business viable.
Would you try to discuss Apple's business and not mention any Apple products?
All this drivel about seats and regs is tiresome.
Perhaps airlines should do away with both, then.