SEAT SPACE Airlines' legroom battle tightens up By RUSSELL GRANTHAM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution It could be called some of the richest retail space in the world. Airlines get about $100,000 in annual revenue per seat -- square foot for square foot, more than 50 times greater than Wal-Mart's annual take from its retail floor. So, how many seats to put on each plane is a big-ticket decision but not a straightforward one. Add more seats, and revenue goes up -- until your planes are so cramped that people choose another airline. Surprisingly, the discount carriers may now be winning this battle of the buns, at least in coach sections, where most people fly. These days, the roomiest coach seats are often on discount carriers such as JetBlue and Song, Delta Air Lines' low-fare unit. Even Southwest Airlines belies its "cattle car" image with legroom now at an above-average 32.6 inches on its newest jets. Meanwhile, big hub-and-spoke airlines' jets typically have 31 to 32 inches of legroom, or "pitch," the space between the same point on each seat. Delta's coach pitch ranges from 30 to 33 inches. for the rest of the story and a survey.........http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/delta/0603/19legroom.html *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ Site of the Week: http://www.carib-link.net/naparima/naps.html TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************