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FEATURE BOEING 757
boarding process in the US and Canada. justify the investment in an all new design.
And that trend is spreading. Those times A trade-off however could be that the
wipe out the low cost airline model’s 30 LCC’s give their passengers an inch more
minute turnaround. legroom which would cost them one seat
The McDonnell Douglas ATMR cross row of 7 for an overall 26 passenger gain
section was just 21.7 inches (55.1cm) in a cabin with 33 seat rows such as a
wider than a 757 but 19.3 inches (49cm) Ryanair 737-800. The cabin layout could
ABOVE: The McDonnell narrower than the Boeing 767. These be a mix of twin-aisle at the business/
Douglas Advanced Twin cabin dimensions allowed for 17.7 inch premium economy end and single aisle at
Medium Range (ATMR) (45cm) wide (45.7cm) seats and an 18 inch the budget economy section.
aircraft, was a design that (45.7cm) aisle. Boeing says it has the tools and IP to
was ahead of its time. Had
it entered service, it would Any new twin-aisle design would move forward with the design from an
have been a veritable certainly be wider again to permit say airframe technology perspective. Wojick
Technological ‘Tour-de- 18.5 inch (47cm) wide seats and an 18 told media that “anything we do in any
Force’
inch aisle and for those airlines who insist marketplace going forward is going to rely
OPPOSITE PAGE: The on cramming as many passengers as on technology we found and implemented
passenger appeal of a possible into their aircraft there is also on the 787 and 777X.”
twin-aisle 2-2-2 aircraft the option of taking out one aisle and
needs no explanation. The introducing a 4-3 configuration. Missed Opportunity
McDonnell Douglas ATMR,
later dubbed the DC-11, While it may seem inhumane to McDonnell Douglas baulked at launching
would have offered a suggest such a thing, most large the ATMR/DC-11 despite having an order
2-1-2 configuration with 14 passenger ferries have cross sections from Delta Airlines for 60 aircraft in its
first class seats at a 38-inch that resemble crammed picture theatres. pocket.
pitch and 168 economy
seats at 34 inch pitch in a And this option would satisfy the extreme Delta was the key customer and the
2-2-2 configuration cost sensitive part of the market and help airline really wanted the DC-11 but MDC
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