2006-10-18 03:51:21 · 19 answers · asked by Sadie 1 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
It depends on the size and configuration of the aircraft.
For example an Embraer ERJ45 has only 2 seats to either side of the aisle.A,C,D,F
A Boeing 737 usually has 3 seats on either side of the aisle A,B,C,D,E,F
A Boeing 747 in the main cabin has a total of 10 seats across the aircraft split by 2 aisles.A,B,C D,E,F,G H,J,K.
You will note that the letter I is not used.This is to stop any confusion between the letter and the number 1.
That may sound silly but after 13 years of working at an airport,you would not believe how stupid some passengers can be.
2006-10-18 05:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by rosbif 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the first-class cabin, some airlines letter the seats A, C, D, F and some pick A, B, C, D. There are 4 seats per row in First and 6 in coach in the kind of plane you are talking about. So first uses less letters. The ones that have B and E removed do it because it is less confusing for the coach passengers who are boarding--- if C is on the left in first-class but on the right in coach then people end up in the wrong seats which slows down boarding.
2006-10-18 11:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by dcgirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because on some aircrafts, even if the seat config is 3 and 3, down the back of some aircrafts they only put 2 and 2, therfore they will miss the B and just have A and C or D and F.
2006-10-18 19:38:30 · answer #3 · answered by skateboardingste 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a really good site about flight seats called www.seatguru.com
I think most of the planes on that do have a seat B.
2006-10-19 11:38:05 · answer #4 · answered by London Aussie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A is always the window seat, on the "drivers" side of the plane
B is always the middle seat on that side
C is always the aisle seat on that side.
If you are flying on a plane that does not have three seats on that side
2006-10-18 10:55:22 · answer #5 · answered by catherine02116 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On some of the older planes the b was the aslie. there were one seat on one side and two on the other side. this comes from smaller planes and a being the single side b being the asle and c and d being the rows on the othere side.
2006-10-18 10:56:41 · answer #6 · answered by aimlee59 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strange and I know what you mean. On a JAL 747 it goes
ABC DEFG HJK and no I. Its strange. MAbye you were flying a forigen airline and there language does not have B although most airlines now use English. Strange, youll have to ask someone like a piolit or a Flight Atendent.
2006-10-19 17:27:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I flew back from mholiday a cpl of weeks ago and i was on seat B27. Im sure theres a B on every plan ive ever been on. My dad has a plain which he uses to sand doors down and stuff, is that the kinda plain you go on?
2006-10-18 10:54:49 · answer #8 · answered by morris994 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the letters mean something.
A is window seat
B is middle seat and
C is aisle seat....
If the plane you are on does not have a middle seat they skip the B and just have A-window and C-aisle....
2006-10-18 10:55:20 · answer #9 · answered by Andy FF1,2,CrTr,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
probably you are on a two seater plane tthats why. Big passenger planes got those letters in a seating arrangement.
2006-10-18 11:05:37 · answer #10 · answered by G.Gonzales 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋