Japanese legacy carrier Japan Airlines has quietly become an outlier in a world of shrinking legroom, especially in economy-class cabins. While many carriers have attempted to squeeze nine seats across in the Boeing 787 or ten across on the Boeing 777, JAL has doubled down on space, keeping a more generous layout and building out its economy class product around comfort rather than raw overall seat count. The airline has introduced its “Sky Wider” economy seat, which offers an impressive 33-34 inches (84-86 cm) of pitch and close to half of that in width on key long-haul aircraft, a noticeable few inches above the industry standard.