5 Economy Seats With The World’s Greatest Pitch In 2026

Seat pitch measures the distance between rows of seats on an aircraft. Like seat width, this is an area where airlines do have a significant amount of control over how they configure their aircraft. On narrowbody aircraft, airlines can play with the space between the armrests a little, but at the end of the day, all Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s will be seated six abreast in economy class. Many low and ultra-low-cost airlines configure their seating rows at around 28 to 29 inches (71.1 to 73.7 cm), which is about as restricted in legroom as it gets, and is what Ryanair passengers have.