American Airlines is decreasing legroom in economy class by 2 inches

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American Airlines is decreasing legroom in economy class


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Two inches might not sound like much, but when it comes to legroom on an airplane, the measurements add up. To make room for more seats on its new Boeing 737 Max jetliners, American Airlines will reduce the space between some seats in economy class by 2 inches, CNN reports.

In three rows, the front to back space between seats will be reduced from 31 to 29 inches, while the rest of the economy cabin will be reduced to 30 inches.

For comparison, the seats on budget airlines Frontier and Spirit are spaced, at minimum, 28-inches apart, while the economy seats on Jetblue, Southwest and Alaska Airlines are placed 31 to 33 inches apart, according to a Cheap Flights analysis.

The decrease in space will allow for the addition of 10 seats to the single-aisle aircraft, for a total of 170 seats. Flyers with less legroom will pay the same price for seats as fellow economy passengers on the aircraft, which will take to the skies later this year.

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