US EditioneasyJet Reveal Major Investment that Could Benefit Southend Airport Passengers
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Flying with British low-cost airline easyJet is set to become more comfortable. The carrier has announced that from 2028 it will offer new seats with an improved design that will increase legroom by five centimeters, although the pitch will remain the same. The seats will be around 20 percent lighter than the current ones, which will lead to lower aircraft weight and therefore fuel savings.
New slimline seats to give Easyjet passengers more legroom
From 2028, Easyjet will introduce ultra-lightweight economy class seats, alongside a slew of carbon-reduction innovations. Jenny Southan reports Easyjet is introducing a new generation of ultra-lightweight seating as part of efforts to reduce fuel consumption and improve operational efficiency. The rollout of the new Easyjet seats will begin from 2028 on newly delivered aircraft, marking a shift towards simpler, fixed designs that prioritise wei…
easyJet opts for lighter seats for future aircraft deliveries
easyJet has ordered new lighter weight seats from Mirus Aircraft Seating for any future Airbus 320neo and A321neo aircraft from 2028. The low-fare airline has selected Mirus’ Kestrel economy seats, which are expected to be 20% lighter and offer two additional inches of legroom than easyJet’s current seats. Overall, the seats should save up to 500 kilogrammes per aircraft for larger models and save over 12,936 tonnes of fuel. Apart from being lig…
Squeezed legs and aching knees – those who fly with a low-cost airline know the problem only too well. With Easyjet, this should be the end in the future: the airline has ordered hundreds of new aircraft with more comfortable seats.
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