JetBlue A320s to Get Fewer Additional Seats than Originally Planned
AircraftAirlinesTravel Technology January 25, 2016
JetBlue Airways has decided to install 162 seats rather than the originally planned 165 seats in retrofitting each of its Airbus A320 jets with new cabin interiors. Each JetBlue A320 currently has 150 seats, so JetBlue’s A320 cabin refurbishment will see it add 12 more seats in each aircraft.
Read moreThe delivery deferrals of 16 current-generation A320-family jets from 2016-2018 until 2022 and two until 2023 mean they will be delivered to JetBlue Airways well after 2020, when A320-family production is due to have shifted completely to deliveries of A320neo-family jets.
Read moreHaving never previously offered premium-economy seating, Canada’s WestJet is introducing longer-seat-pitch seating across its entire fleet. Meanwhile, JetBlue Airways is reconfiguring its Embraer 190 fleet to offer customers two more rows of premium-economy seats.
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