Traveling by plane is always very tiring for a person, often it can even be harmful to his health. However, there is always the opportunity to take care of additional benefits for yourself. One of those may be the right choice of where to sit in the cabin. For this, it is important to know the location of the seats on the plane.
It is important to understand that there is no place that would suit every passenger. Each focuses on their needs. Someone likes to sit at the window, someone in the aisle, someone important is the ability to stretch long legs forward.
Place Classes
The aircraft cabin is most often divided into three zones for passengers:
- Inexpensive economy class seats with a minimum of services.
- Comfortable business class seats with additional services that make the flight as convenient as possible.
- Luxury places of the first class, where you can even fly while lying down, however, not all airlines have them.
Most people prefer the economy class, so as not to spend extra money.
Choosing a seat on the plane
As mentioned above, the best seat for each passenger is selected individually. You can determine for yourself this by carefully reading this article. For a better understanding of what is at stake, below is a diagram of the cabin.
Bad options
Let's start by identifying inconvenient places during the flight. Armchairs in the middle of the row, when people are sitting on your right and left, are uncomfortable for most. Still bad places include seats in the tail of the aircraft, in the last row there may not be a window. Still there are constantly accumulating passengers who are waiting in line for the toilet. A significant drawback for you may be the fact that at the time of distribution of food and drinks - a variety of products ends at the rows in the tail, you can’t choose meat, chicken or fish, you will just be given the kind of product that remains.
The bad ones include places directly above the wing, because from there you will not see anything. Not everyone will be comfortable with seats in the rows located in front of the emergency exit and in the last row, as they don’t have the opportunity to recline their seats.
The most convenient places in the airliner
Let's go back to the tail of the plane. An important advantage can be considered that with incomplete loading of the aircraft you will not have neighbors, and you will fly alone on two or three seats (this will even allow you to lie down). Convenient places include seats at the porthole - you can sleep quite comfortably on them without fear of being woken up by a neighbor squeezing through your knees. You can enjoy the lovely views from the window and read in excellent lighting. The pluses of places near the aisle include the fact that you can stretch your legs into the aisle and get up without problems to go to the toilet, and also be among the first to exit. By the way, the places at the emergency and ordinary exits differ in the increased distance for the legs.
The best places in terms of comfort and convenience are those in the front row. You can calmly stretch your legs, because in front of you will be only a wall. This is very important for people of high stature (from 180 centimeters). Also, the front shakes less in those moments when the plane enters the turbulence zone. An attractive bonus would be the right to be the first to receive food and drinks. A significant drawback for some will be the fact that passengers with babies and children under 7 years old will probably be nearby.
Location of seats on the plane
Now that you have decided what to look for when choosing a place for yourself, you need to know the letter of the seat and the number of the row that suit you.
Airliners come in different sizes, because of this the number of seats in a row can vary. In any case, the seats at the aisle and at the window will be in every aircraft. Information on the layout of the aircraft of interest can be obtained from the representative office of the airline carrier. Quite often, schemes are published on sites on the Internet. It is important to note that ships of the same model do not always have the same layout. This means that the location of the seats on the Transaero and Aeroflot aircraft will not always coincide for one type of aircraft.
Chair selection based on vehicle size
When there is a layout of the places on the plane that you are going to fly, you can accurately understand whether the seat is located near the partition or near the porthole, whether the wings will close the view.
Here are some examples. Consider the location of seats on a Boeing 737 aircraft and the like, where the seats in the economy class are set in 2 rows of 3 seats each. With this version of the layout, the seats in the front row, as well as in the rows at the emergency exits, will be comfortable - there is always enough space to stretch your legs.
The cabin of the Boeing 747 is designed for long-distance flights; it has several economy class lounges, in which there are 3 rows of seats arranged according to the 3-4-3 pattern. And on this ship, good places will still be in the front row and at the main or emergency exits, but it is worth paying attention to the fact that the toilets are located both in front and in the tail.
How to occupy an attractive chair
Airlines distribute seats in an airplane in different ways. First of all, try to find out if you can choose a seat at the time of booking. Often this service is provided by the airline at an additional cost. The second way to get a good seat is to ask at the time of check-in for flight to show the location of the seats on the plane and choose the right one if it is free.
Recommendations and tips
Be sure to consider the direction of flight, as bright sunlight can shine directly in your face. Decide which way you are heading. When flying from east to west, the sun's rays will always fall from the left, and from west to east - from the right. When moving in the morning from north to south, the sun's rays will fall on the left, and in the evening - on the right. When flying from south to north in the morning - on the right, in the evening - on the left. And do not forget that in the Southern Hemisphere the opposite is true.
It is important to arrive at the registration as early as possible from the moment of its opening. The best places go to those who come among the first.
The most popular and filled flights are morning and evening. If you do not have any time reference, it is better to fly in the daytime, since it is during these hours that the passenger flow is the smallest, and the seats next to them will be empty.
In recent years, airlines have been trying to simplify their system by introducing a variety of new products to speed up the process of registering for flights several times. These include terminals for self-check-in at airports and the ability to register for a flight online on the airline’s website. Do not lose sight of these technologies, since on the computer screen you can clearly see the layouts of the airliners, the location of seats on the plane, seats already occupied. Using such services will save you from exhausting queues and early arrival at the airport.
Thus, if you fly often, you will very soon figure out which places are better than the rest. Unfortunately, not all airlines have the opportunity to choose seats in advance, so be prepared to fly on any seat you get.