Seat pitch/size

How much space will you have?
Seating space has been measured by "seat pitch", which is the distance between a point in the headrest on one seat and the same point on the seat in front of it. If an airline has a seat pitch of 31" in Economy Class, this means that there is a distance of 31" between the front of one seat and the front of the seat behind it.

While seat pitch is not the exact equivalent of "legroom", it gives a very good approximation of how much seat room you should expect.



Scheduled Airlines:
Airline Economy Premium Economy Business First Class
Aer Lingus

32"

------

52"

------

Aeroflot

32"

------

38-58"

------

Air Algerie

32"

------

36"

------

Air Baltic

30-32"

------

------

------

Air Canada

31-34"

38-40"

58"

60"

Air China

34"

------

42"

62"

Air France

31-34"

36"

55-79"

82"

Air India

31-34"

------

47-76"

80-82"

Air Jamaica

31-32"

------

60-84"

------

Air Malta

30"

------

32"

------

Air Mauritius

31"

------

60"

73"

Air New Zealand

32-34"

38-40"

42-80"

------

Air Seychelles

32"

------

50"

------

Alitalia

32"

------

60"

------

All Nippon Airways

31"

38"

62-63"

77"

American Airlines

30-34"

------

49-60"1

88-92"

Austrian Airlines

32"

------

57-59"

------

Bmi

31-32"

49"

78-80"

------

British Airways

30-37"

38"

73"

78"

Brussels Airlines

31"

------

62"

------

Caribbean Airlines

32-34"

------

47-60"

Cathay Pacific Airways

32"

------

45-60" 1

79-81"

China Eastern

32"

------

60"

80"

Czech Airlines

32"

------

47"

------

Cyprus Airways

31-32"

------

41-42"

------

El Al Airlines

32-34"

------

45-62"

77"

Emirates

32-34"

------

46-60"

69-86"

Etihad Airlines

31-33"

------

88"

88"

Finnair

28-32"

------

60"

------

Gulf Air

32-34"

------

47-73"

74-83"

Iberia

32"

------

60"

------

Icelandair

32-33"

------

39"

------

Japan Airlines

30-32"

38

62" 1

79"

JAT Yugoslav Airlines

32"

------

36"

------

Kenya Airways

32"

------

76"

------

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

30-34"

33"

60"

------

Korean Air

31-35"

------

50"

82"

LOT Polish Airlines

30-32"

------

37-57"

------

Lufthansa

30-33"

------

30-60"

85-92"

Luxair

32"

------

32"

------

Malev

32"

------

40"

------

Malaysia Airlines

32-34"

------

45-62"

75"

MEA

32"

------

42"-48"

------

Olympic Airways

32"

------

58"

------

Pakistan International Airlines

32"

------

60"

------

Qantas

31-32"

38-42"

50-80"

79-83.5"

Qatar Airways

32-34"

------

61"

78-79"

Royal Air Maroc

32"

------

36"

------

Royal Brunei Airlines

32"

------

57"

------

Royal Jordanian

34"

------

82"

------

SAS

32"

38"

61"

------

Saudi Arabian Airlines

34"

------

45"

64"

Singapore Airlines

32-34"

37"

50-60"

60-81"

South African Airways

31"-34"

------

73"

------

Sri Lankan Airlines

32"

------

48"

------

Swiss International Airlines

32"

------

60"

83"

TAP Air Portugal

33"

------

46"

------

Thai Airways International

34"

42"

60"

70-78"

Turkish Airlines

30-36"

------

34-61"

83"

United Airlines

31-33"

34-36"

50-77"

78-88"

Varig Brazilian Airlines

32"

------

45"

65"

Virgin Atlantic Airways

31-32"

38"

------

79.5"



Low-cost airlines:
Airline Economy Premium Economy Business First Class
Aer Arann

30"

------

------

------

Air Berlin

30-33"

------

53-54"

------

Air Southwest

31"

------

------

------

bmibaby

29-31"

------

------

------

easyJet

29"

------

------

------

Flybe

31"

------

------

------

Germanwings

30"

------

------

------

Jet2

30"

34"

------

------

Ryanair

30"

------

------

------

Thomson Airways

28"-33"

36"

------

------

Transavia

29"

------

------

------

Wizz Air

30"

------

------

------