United Airlines to Reconfigure Seating, Put Economy Passengers in Rows of 10

If you hate the middle seat on a plane, you probably won’t like the new seat configuration on United Airlines Boeing 777s.

United Airlines customer service representative Desiree Yoos looks at the storage bins while touring a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Los Angeles International Airport on November 30, 2012. (Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

The Chicago-based company announced that it is the latest carrier to reconfigure the seating on the Boeing 777-200 to add 21 additional seats.

The plane, to be used starting this winter primarily for long-haul flights, will have 50 lie-flat business class seats — known as Polaris seats — and 242 economy seats. United said it plans to configure about 90 Boeing 777-200 planes over the next few years.

The good news is that the legroom for the economy seats will remain about the same as before. The distance between the back of one seat and the back of the next — known as the “pitch” in industry jargon — will be 31 inches for economy seats and 34 inches for “Economy Plus” seats.

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