Airbus: Never mind the length feel the width
Crikey, 28 May 2015
The trenches around the battle lines between Airbus and Boeing have been dug, well, wider, by the European planemakers’ chief operating officer commercial John Leahy. At a briefing in Toulouse today he said Airbus could match the higher density (read less legroom) being offered by Boeing in jam-them-in-tight versions of their respective airliners, but wouldn’t compromise on shoulder room by sticking to an extra inch or 2.5 cms width per seat no matter what.