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Economy airplane seat width is usually 17 or 18 inches.
Requires the FAA to set minimums for seat width and the distance between rows of seats.
Seat width on many major airlines has shrunk from about 18.5 inches to 17 inches.
Even in economy, there are two inches more legroom, extra seat width and larger TV screens.
The seat width of the Embraer will be 18.25 inches, a quarter-inch wider than seats in an A320.
Note the seat width is not standard for each airline, and can vary according to the make of plane.
It also referred imprecisely to the decrease in seat width, and increase in passenger weight, over the years.
Additionally, the transverse seat width is found to be critical to reduce the collapse probability of the superstructure.
But airlines configure them differently (SeatGuru.com provides comparison information on seat width, legroom and other features in its "comparison charts" section).
She explains how the seat width in one cinema expanded from 550mm to 600mm and up again to 650mm in just a matter of years.
Seats were well upholstered and, most crucially for larger passengers, there was more legroom and seat width than is common on the sardine freighters plying Chinese skies.
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