i was looking at the picture of a trans atlantic airlines L1011 and i noticed the seating configuration. its seams to be 2-5-2 id hate to be seating right in the middle. is this normal seating configuration ?


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p.s sorry i miss spelt the heading. shame on me. soz guys. uncomfortable seating.

The seating does not appear to be too bad. But that is a domestic Delta configuration that they are flying to africa. How crappy.

Seeing as that is an ex-DL bird, I'd say the 2x5x2 seating worked out okay.

another question to do with seat configuration. I know the 777 can be 3-4-3 or 3-3-3, how come the a340 cant have a 3-3-3 configuration.?


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Well, so who says it can’t? For your reading pleasure, the following is a quote from an Airbus advertising brochure, describing the “voluminous” 222-inch cross-section cabin used in the A330/340 aircraft…

Since I have studied a considerable amount of both lower and higher mathematics in my day, I can almost immediately calculate that “six-abreast” (apparently available in both first class and business class) seating that is available in the twin aisle aircraft is likely to be 2-2-2. Of course, they could make it 1-4-1, but somehow I think that was probably rejected early-on in the design phase. Same holds true for business class – ah … math and calculations, that is. Now. Let’s look at coach, or economy, class. According to the advertisement, Airbus offers an “efficient” nine-abreast seating. Umm … lets see … nine divided by 3 … umm … well, that would yield the questioned 3-3-3 arrangement, but lets see what else might be logical. They could do 1-7-1 … but I think that would probably find the same fate as the 1-4-1 arrangement in first class. They could do 2-5-2 … that is better than 1-7-1, but not a lot. So, what’s left? Well, there could be a 4-1-4 arrangement – but that would make less sense than the 1-7-1 arrangement. So, I guess one of the few, sensible arrangements would be the 3-3-3.

Of course, there is no law against them setting seats up in a non-symmetrical manner – after all, they ARE the French! Can anyone visualize a coach seating arrangement of 1-3-5? I can see the adds now …

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alex-y, it's a simple matter of, well, a lot of factors.

-More passengers, more weight less MTOW efficiency [depends on what variant -200/-300 are included].

-Small cabin, cramped passengers, dissatisfied passengers, loss of money.

The Airbus A340 can't accommodate 3-3-3 or 3-4-3, the best is 2-4-2.
The 3-3-3 seating arrangement is possible, but it will be cramped, I've been on an Airbus A340 and A330, it's pretty cramped in Economy, but I usually sit in Business or First, rarely Economy on an Airbus A330 or A340.

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Huh?

Yah, dude...me too. I've always thought that in the English language, can't means can not...as in "it is not possible". But what do I know...I just fly airplanes...

When I've flown on L1011's, the seating has always been 3-4-3 config.

Someone enlighten me, didn't JAL have a 2-5-2 arrangement on their DC-10's before? Because back in 2003 I was taking a ride from Osaka to Than Son Nhat intl in Vietnam VIA JAL DC-10. But I somehow forgot the seating arrangement.