Norwegian new seats 16.8 inches wide!?!?!
 

Norwegian will introduce the new seats on their fleet of Boeing 737 Max’s.

The new seats will be 16.8 inches wide with a 30 inch pitch. :mad:

The average seat width is approximately 17 inches, while some American airlines offer as much as 19 inches.

Norwegian’s new fleet will be used for their UK to New York and Boston routes. UK to NY with 16.8 inches wide?!?!?!?
“However, customers who find airplane seats are already too narrow (the new seats are as much as 2 inches narrower than most American airlines), will find their comfort will be reduced, even more so as there will no longer be seat cushions.” and no seat cushion.....

Maybe they're increasing the width of the flight attendants?

UK to New York on the 737? - not sure I fancy that whatever the seat width is.

Or setting themselves up for sale, so the legacy carriers can offer more of a differentiated product :hmm:

More aisle space is helpful for fast turnarounds and on time ops. However Norwegians are tall and XL guys that need some space. Almost as much as chubby Germans.

Perhaps they're trying to dissuade obese pax from flying with all that extra weight.

It means sitting down is similar to maneuvering a vehicle into a tight parking space. Basically your hips and thighs will be touching the sides most of the time, if you have significant love handles then these will be rubbing as well. The increased comfort from the extra legroom is partially negated by the reduction in width. Tall and thin are best suited to this.

If the reported 30" seat pitch is correct, they aren't.

If you don't like it, then don't fly with them. If enough people did that the airlines would get the message. The problem is most of the travelling public want to fly for peanuts and then complain about their discomfort! I, for one, do not fly with airlines which don't provide me with my minimums for comfort, regardless of how cheap their fares might be.

You might get someone to fly the first time. Getting repeat business could be another matter. I had a workmate who was 4ft 11 in old money and told her she had a great future in testing airline seats.

Wiedehopf posted the real answer - only the bulkhead seats are narrower to accommodate the tray table. I thought it had to be something to do with the armrests as the seat rows remain at 6 and aisle width was unchanged. So only bulkhead seats change, just like I have seen on many airliners in the past. Not much of a story here.

I agree in principle, however, it depends where you live sometimes. In some areas the availability of flights to the destination you need is pretty limited. I recently flew with a well known Irish airline - which I always avoid if at all possible - and could barely get hold of the seat belts if they were between me the side of the seat and I am not exceptionally wide. I am over 6 foot tall and anything other than an emergency exit on a low cost carrier is close to impossible. If a legacy airline served my needs I would willingly pay for the better quality of travel.
It is worth noting in the present industrial climate that the crew were professional and charming; the employer doesn't deserve either them or the business it attracts.

That works very well if you're the one that's paying the fare. With roughly 40% of air travel being for business, paid for by business, with air fares chosen based on the lowest fare per CWT, Concur or whatever agency the business uses, a lot of people will not have a choice to make.

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Delta seat widths per ac...https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...900er-739.html
You must also check where the measurement is from. Some use center of armrest to center, others use distance between armrests

I agree, it's a non story. If you take any airline that has fixed armrests to accommodate the tray table then I doubt that they will be significantly different from these measurements if at all.

Tall guys need more leg room, especially if they don't have the seat width to allow a bit of diagonal leg alignment. If they're tall and wide then they really need both.