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Row numbers in airplanes
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Anyone know why they aren’t contiguous ? Why does business class end in, say 6, and coach start with 11 ? Expansion plans ??
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Which airline and aircraft type are you referring to? If it’s a 3 class configuration, Business Class would not end at row 6 nor would coach begin at row 11.
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I didn’t mean those numbers as specific instances, only as hypothetical examples. Specifically, KE has their 777 configured as follows : F : Rows 1 & 2 C : Rows 7 thru 10 Y : Rows 28 thru 57 but I’ve noticed similar discontinuities on many other aircraft too. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Which airline and aircraft type are you referring to? If it’s a 3 class > configuration, Business Class would not end at row 6 nor would coach begin > at row 11. > Anyone know why they aren’t contiguous ? Why does business class end in, > say 6, and coach start with 11 ? Expansion plans ??
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>I didn’t mean those numbers as specific instances, only as hypothetical >examples. Specifically, KE has their 777 configured as follows : >F : Rows 1 & 2 >C : Rows 7 thru 10 >Y : Rows 28 thru 57 >but I’ve noticed similar discontinuities on many other aircraft too.
Some airlines may wish to maintain class consistency across different aircraft models. In other words, no matter what aircraft type (757, 777), coach always starts in row 28.
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> Anyone know why they aren’t contiguous ? Why does business class end in, > say 6, and coach start with 11 ? Expansion plans ??
An example: Canadian airlines had some 737s that were all coach, and some with a business class. Row 11 would be in the same location on both types. But in the plane with a business class, instead of 10 rows up front, they would only have 6, hence the missing row numbers.
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> I didn’t mean those numbers as specific instances, only as hypothetical > examples. Specifically, KE has their 777 configured as follows : > F : Rows 1 & 2 > C : Rows 7 thru 10 > Y : Rows 28 thru 57
Other possibilities: An airline may want "row 11" to be the first coach row on multiple airplane types operating on a route. So the first roaw of coach on a 737 might be row 11, matching the first row of coach on a 767. If they change equipment type it makes it a bit easier to reassign the pax to the new plane. Another reason: Whenever the airline upgrades first and/or business class, they may remove a row to increase seat pitch. But they won’t renumber the rest of the plane. After a few changes, you have a few rows that have been skipped.
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>> Anyone know why they aren’t contiguous ? Why does business class end in, > say 6, and coach start with 11 ? Expansion plans ?? >An example: >Canadian airlines had some 737s that were all coach, and some with a business >class. Row 11 would be in the same location on both types. But in the plane >with a business class, instead of 10 rows up front, they would only have 6, >hence the missing row numbers.
That sounds more like it. Many airlines have two or more different configs on the same plane type. If there’s a last-minute switch, they don’t have to re-do all the numbers! Then again, those who wanted exit rows are probably in strife! Robin
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Explain First Class on an MD 80 starting at row 3? AA/QQ Michael
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>Explain First Class on an MD 80 starting at row 3? AA/QQ Michael
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> Explain First Class on an MD 80 starting at row 3? AA/QQ
Just a guess. So first row of economy is row 7