British Airways plans to increase number of seats in its Boeing 777 economy class

British Airways has drawn up plans to increase the number of seats on its Boeing 777 economy class flights from 280 to 332. This would be achieved by adding an extra seat per row. At present, there are nine economy seats per row and, as per the revised proposal, seating space will be shrunk to create 10 seats per row which would mean an extra 52 seats in the cabin.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 7 November 2016.

BA has indicated that the refurbishment will also include new entertainment systems, with bigger screens. A spokeswoman of BA has added that '.. we are flying more customers than ever before to our expanding network of destinations ... to meet this demand, we are updating our Boeing 777 cabins to bring us into line with many of our competitors and allow us to offer even more low fares...'
The chief executive of British Airway's parent company IAG has told investors that BA is responding to a market opportunity and the move would allow BA to "lower the average cost per seat, charge a lower price and stimulate demand".


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