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Well a couple of the big airlines got it, and adjusted, American has done wonders lately, Continental still is working it out. Delta and Northwest are disaster areas though.

As for smaller planes, it makes more sense to run a 190 seat 757 to a mid city like Copenhagen and fill it up, then to run a 260 seat 767 there and sell 75% of the seats. As for leg room, every time an airline tries to make more space, it fails. American tried it a few years ago and they lost their shirts.

Its a tough business, the revenue line is razor thin, the wrong equipment in the wrong market is a disaster.

Quote: "As for smaller planes, it makes more sense to run a 190 seat 757 to a mid city like Copenhagen and fill it up, then to run a 260 seat 767 there and sell 75% of the seats. As for leg room, every time an airline tries to make more space, it fails. American tried it a few years ago and they lost their shirts."

Yes, smaller more efficient planes are the way to go. Hence, Boeing is cleaning house these days. As for legroom, the dino's have not been serious about trying it and have done it more as a gimmick. For example, as someone pointed out above United has the extra legroom seats. But, rather than taking seats out of the coach cabin, i.e. fewer seats, they add seats into the non-extra legroom section making them even more cramped. They are trying to have their caked and eat it too. Once successful solution has been to take out first class, allowing for more coach seats to be added, then subtracting a row netting more leg room while still netting more seats (more $$$).