Lufthansa City Airlines will enter the Airbus A220-300 era in January. The Lufthansa Group airline has now published details of its cabin configuration. A comparison with the A220s operated by Swiss, ITA Airways and Air Baltic shows how differently airlines configure the same aircraft type.
Lufthansa City Airlines opts for 148 seats
The 40 Airbus A220-300s ordered by Lufthansa City Airlines will each accommodate 148 passengers. The cabin features the A220’s typical 2-3 seating configuration, with seats A and C on the left and seats D, E and F on the right.
The Business Class cabin is located at the front. There is no fixed divider between Business Class and Economy, allowing its size to be adjusted depending on demand. In the standard seat map, Business Class covers the first seven rows. It is followed by a Preferred Zone consisting of regular Economy seats, which are sold at a premium because of their location closer to the front of the aircraft.
Additional legroom is available at the emergency exits in row 12. The cabin extends to row 32, although only seats D, E and F are available in the final row. The A220 has three lavatories in total, including one accessible lavatory at the rear of the aircraft.
Swiss offers fewer seats
Swiss has a slightly less dense cabin configuration. The airline’s 21 own Airbus A220-300s feature 145 seats. In addition, seven A220s operated by Air Baltic are currently flying for the Swiss airline under wet-lease agreements.
Business Class covers the first six rows in the standard configuration and can also be adjusted depending on demand. On the two-seat side, one seat remains unoccupied, while the middle seat on the three-seat side is not sold.
The Preferred Zone extends from rows 7 to 10. Additional legroom is available at the emergency exits in row 12. There are also restrictions on seat recline in row 11 and at seats 30A and 30C.
ITA Airways uses a different layout
ITA Airways operates 19 Airbus A220-300s, also configured with 148 seats. Its Business Class is considerably smaller, covering just two rows. The middle seat remains unoccupied here as well.Row 1 is marketed as a “Privacy Seat”, while row 2 is designated as a “Classic Seat”. The Preferred Zone then extends through row 16. Additional legroom is available at the emergency exits in row 14. Classic Seats are located from row 18 onwards, while the seats from row 24 are marketed as “Back Seats”. Unlike at City Airlines, the final row is fully occupied.
Air Baltic offers up to 149 seats
With around 50 A220-300s, Air Baltic is the largest operator of the type in Europe. Most of its aircraft feature 148 seats, while some are configured with 149.
Air Baltic also adjusts the size of its Business Class according to demand. Priority Seats are located behind the Business Class cabin, while the emergency exits in row 14 provide additional legroom. The remainder of the cabin consists of standard Economy seats.Despite using the same aircraft type, the A220-300s operated by the four airlines therefore differ primarily in terms of seating capacity, Business Class configuration and the location of preferred seating areas.
