How Pan Am Created the Modern Economy Class

Talaatcaptan00108 Jan, 2020Business

The standard Boeing 707 aircraft�one of the most popular planes at the time�were flying in a configuration with two seats on one side of the aisle and three on the other. Trippe tightened that to a three-by-three layout to help lower costs. Still, customers had plenty of legroom. On one of Pan Am�s first aircraft, the DC-6B plane, Rainbow class fliers had a roomy 38 inches of pitch, according to cabin plans from the Pan Am Historical Foundation.