On this page is a selection of links to web pages dealing with seating diagrams/charts, or other information regarding aspects of passenger seating.

Basic information on passenger seating   

View seating charts from ' Frequent Flyer '  web site:  
Select from a drop-down list of airlines.

British Airways Seating Plans

Boeing 757-200 Seating Chart

Cathay Pacific Seating Plans:

New York - Vancouver - Hong Kong   (large business class)  747-400
Los Angeles - Hong Kong  747-400
Los Angeles - Hong Kong  (large business class)  747-400 
San Francisco - Hong Kong   A340-300

First Class cabins are exclusive. Seats are configured to allow generous personal space with a seat pitch that ranges from 62 to 74 inches on long haul routes. When fully reclined, the reclining seat allows even tall passengers to stretch out and sleep. Pure wool blankets and oversized pillows are provided for full comfort. First Class configuration and style of seating may vary by aircraft type and route.

Broadly speaking, the 'seat pitch'  (leg room) between economy seats is approximately between 28 inches and 32 inches. This is measured as the distance between a specific point on one seat and the same point on the seat in front.
 
Cathay Pacific Business Class seats provide extra comfort with a seat pitch of 50 inches and are adjustable to suit passengers of different heights and builds.
Equipped with two footrests. "Winged" headrest to support the neck. Lumbar airbag which can be inflated or adjusted for lower back comfort.

Cathay Pacific Economy Class seats have a seat pitch between 32 and 34 inches, the most generous among major carriers.

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Basic Information on passenger seating

The airline industry generally operates on low profit margins to remain competitive. Obviously, the number of fare-paying passengers able to be carried is highly significant - especially at a time when, on some airlines, the provision of in-flight catering (American Airlines 21/09/01 - source: Reuters) is being withdrawn in an effort to control costs.

Seating and passenger leg-room has to be balanced against the operating costs for any given route. Also, the various 'marketing' techniques employed by different airlines ("...we give you more leg-room than XXX airline") makes any attempt at reliably quantifying the space available for a given trip extremely difficult. Not least because the specifications could change with little or no notice.

Information on passenger seating in terms of 'leg room' is not abundant, but safelanding.com will continue to provide accredited links to figures gleaned from various sources on the www.
 
Watchdog, (in a report of 04-06-01- BBC Online) published the following table of economy seat pitch (legroom) and width list for the top ten international airlines*.

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Another, quite comprehensive Airline Seat Pitch Guide is displayed on the Skytrax site. (Skytrax, a British company established in 1990, are leading specialist Quality Advisors to the airline industry.)  Passenger seat widths are not included in this table as the points at which airlines take their readings differ from Company to Company.
 

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