All I will say is that AIR's seats in their Dreamliner's have been designed to take maximum possible advantage of the aircraft's other positive attributes, a real accountants configuration :blush: Great for investors though. Pack them in tight as sardines in a can and give them nice big windows, better air pressure and filtering and a nice quiet ride and hope they don't notice how jammed up they are...as cunning as a hungry beagle looking for a feed.
In AIR's defense though even Emirates are at it now. Their new business class seats look dramatically smaller than the previous configuration and they claim they're designed based on good car seats..
https://www.emirates.com/nz/english/...ess-class.aspx Freeze that video at the 11 second mark and notice how the super slim model seems to occupy almost all the width of that seat...hmmm. Wonder how an overweight beagle would get on... Good car seats might be all good for sitting on but wait a minute...aren't you supposed to be able to sleep on them as well !
I think some of the business class seats are now a real con. Probably better to find the biggest economy seats on any airline to Europe, like Singapore airlines or Emirates and spend the money on genuine luxury accommodation when you get there.