Airline passengers may not be growing slimmer, but their seats are, and that’s good news for SeaTac-based Alaska Airlines.
The airline says it plans to spend $100 million on replacing the seats in about 75 percent of its fleet over the next two years with slimmer seats that will allow the airline to carry more passengers on its planes without decreasing their legroom.
Those additional seats — six on its 737-800 aircraft and nine more on its 737-900 planes — will increase the airline’s seat count by 475 total, giving the airline more tickets to sell without buying any more …