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Airbus Details A380 11-abreast Option

New A380 cabin options aim to boost revenue and reduce unit costs.

An 11-abreast main economy seating configuration recently revealed by Airbus is designed to add revenue in A380 operations. The shallow arc of the mammoth fuselage enables placing window seats as close as a half inch from the side walls.

By Chris Kjelgaard

June 11, 2015

The A380 main deck economy seat row recently unveiled by Airbus (Hall Concorde 17) is one of four new cabin interior options it is offering, all aimed at reducing unit costs or enhancing revenue. Chris Emerson, Airbus senior v-p marketing, said the 11-abreast ‘Max Abreast’ row is for A380 customers wanting to reduce economy-seating unit costs to levels like those of competing low-cost carriers while offering better comfort. He said the 11-abreast main deck economy row would use a “unique advantage” of the A380–its main-deck sidewalls curve outwards from floor level at and above every seat–to position window seats outward to a half-inch distance from the walls.

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