European Aircraft Industry: Airbus plans extra-wide seats for fat passengers that will cost more - by Alice Philipson

Help is on the way says Airbus

Window and centre seats on new Airbus planes could lose an inch of width while extra-wide seats may be installed to accommodate passengers who are too big to fit in normal sized chairs.

Airbus is offering the option of the extra-wide seats, which will be installed only as aisle seats, on A320 jets to accommodate what it describes as “trends in demographics”.

The larger seats will be 20 inches across instead of 18 inches – the standard width – and will cost more than the regular seats. 

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