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Messing with seats

US airlines have been messing with seat counts for some time.  The DoT data from the T-2 dataset allows us to demonstrate this. Here’s how we get the average numbers of seats.  Dividing the ASMs by the miles flown gets…

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A Higher Capacity Q400

Bombardier is planning a higher density interior for the Q400, and apparently has an unannounced launch customer for that configuration.  In a higher density seating arrangement, with thin-line seats and tighter seat pitch, the capacity of the aircraft will rise…