Legroom for United regular coach seats will remain the same, with a pitch of 31 inches.
There was free Wi-Fi, leather seats, overhead lights, tons of legroom and electric outlets galore.
Back seat legroom is sufficient unless the front seats are in the rearmost positions.
American finally wised up and followed United and Delta in creating extra legroom in front-cabin rows.
So now -- if rows are moving closer together -- we're playing footsie with legroom.
Some Web sites that detail the legroom offered by individual airlines don't even bother to list Eos.
Also, some airlines have reconfigured seats to add a bit more legroom in certain aisles, for a price.
American Airlines is considering adding three to four inches of legroom in the coach section of its planes.
Bigger regional jets like 70- and 90-seaters have first-class cabins and extra legroom rows, but not the 50-seaters.
Let's hope Mr. Parker's American will continue American's new extra-legroom strategy and deploy it in US Airways aircraft.
Legroom is ample, too, with 37.3 inches in the second row and 36.1 inches in the third row.
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This is a bigger jet, seating four aft of the cockpit and sporting plenty of legroom and a potty.
Rear legroom gets impractically tight if the front seat occupants have their seats pushed all the way back, however.
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JetBlue's "even more legroom" coach seats offer four extra inches of legroom.
Passengers get more legroom, complimentary food and beverages, and reserved overhead bin space.
The seats in the MK 9, for example, are attached to the center console, to give maximum rear-seat legroom.
Over the past few years carriers have been moving toward a standard of charging more for seats with extra legroom.
It also called for a minimum standard for the legroom given to passengers, and for seat cushions to be widened.
To make space for the extra 5 inches of legroom, United is removing three to six seats, depending on the aircraft.
Amazingly, because of the new seat design, the airline says coach passengers will be blessed with an extra inch of legroom.
There was no legroom and the overhead compartments were just cubbyholes with room for maybe a sweater and a shopping bag.
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Headroom inside is limited, but the car is 6 feet wide with ample legroom (good enough for the 6-foot-4 DeLorean himself).
American said it's in the process of removing at least four to nine coach seats per aircraft to create the extra legroom.
United Airlines started selling its "Economy Plus" extra-legroom seats for premium prices a few years ago, and now it's expanding the program.
Legroom, usually more important than seat width for comfort, has shriveled from an already inadequate 34 inches to less than 32 inches.
The backseat appeared to have an ample amount of legroom, as well.
The bundle combined the priority-boarding package it currently sells with its Economy Plus extra-legroom seating, two checked bags and additional frequent-flier miles.
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And 41% said airlines adding more legroom would be the biggest improvement.
Economy plus seats are standard coach class seats near the front of the coach cabin with three to five extra inches of legroom.
United Airlines is expanding its popular "Economy Plus" rows, which have 4 to 5 inches of extra legroom, to its Continental Airlines fleet.
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