While all operators to date have adopted the standard nine-abreast arrangement initially detailed by the carrier in its catalogue, Air Caraïbes has selected a dense ten-abreast configuration with a seat width of just below 17 inches, enabling it squeeze more returns out of the aircraft. This additional seat in each Economy row will mean the carrier’s A350-900 will seat just short of 400 passengers - 389 passengers in a three-class configuration (18 in Business, 45 in Premium Economy and 326 in Economy).
In 2013, I wrote an article for our publication, Routes News, at the height of the Brazilian economic boom. With a World Cup on the horizon, the first part of the highly lucrative government Airport concessions programme completed, more Brazilians than ever making the cross over from the long and winding roads of Brazil by bus to air travel.
