Soon, New Southwest Airlines seats...

**ddagencylv** · 14-Apr-2015, 11:03 AM

The new aircraft seats are the widest economy seats available in the single-aisle 737 market, and offer a unique design that gives our Customers what they asked for: more space,” said Bob Jordan, Southwest’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. “Serving as the launch customer for this seat is just one of several upcoming milestones related to our bold, new look launched in September of last year, and is specifically aimed at enhancing our Customer Experience.”The newly-designed seats, which will be seen on new 737-800s beginning mid-2016 join other significant brand milestones, including cabin interior updates on Southwest’s 737-700s which will begin later this year, and continued 737-800 deliveries in the new Heart livery. The industry-leading seats are wider than current seats, and include an adjustable headrest and increased legroom, as well as more personal stowage, while decreasing the overall weight of the product.

**Migflanker** · 14-Apr-2015, 02:20 PM

A couple of years ago the airlines (including WN) went with the slimmer seats - remember the slime seats D2????
http://nonrev.net/general-discussion...inch-time.html

Originally Posted by ddagencylv

It's not your imagination. There really is a tighter squeeze on many planes these days.
The big U.S. airlines are taking out old, bulky seats in favor of so-called slimline models that take up less space from front to back, allowing for five or six more seats on each plane.

WN says the weight savings is cutting about $10 million per year in fuel spending. In addition, the extra seats allow WN to expand flying capacity 4 percent without adding any planes, says spokesman Brad Hawkins, while also collecting more revenue from the additional passengers.

So I have to ask - is this back to the future?

BTW, D2 I loved your slime seat

**MRSDS1DONNA** · 15-Apr-2015, 05:02 AM

Those look a lot like the Recaro seats we have on our aircraft.

**ddagencylv** · 15-Apr-2015, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Migflanker

A couple of years ago the airlines (including WN) went with the slimmer seats - remember the slime seats D2????
http://nonrev.net/general-discussion...inch-time.html

So I have to ask - is this back to the future?

BTW, D2 I loved your slime seat

lol yes!!! haha. Slim, Slime. Slim, Slime!!

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