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A process for arranging seats within an airplane to provide optimal combinations of passenger comfort and space utilization. The process involves calculating the average passenger comfort level in each possible row configuration using the comfort levels enjoyed by passengers seated in different seat

A process for arranging seats within an airplane to provide optimal combinations of passenger comfort and space utilization. The process involves calculating the average passenger comfort level in each possible row configuration using the comfort levels enjoyed by passengers seated in different seating environments created by adjacent occupied seats, empty seats, sidewalls and aisles, each such comfort level being weighted by the portion of passengers who would be seated in the seating environments at each possible load factor and the frequency of occurrence of that load factor. The row configuration with the highest passenger comfort level may be installed in the airplane. The results of this optimization can be either (i) enjoyed by passengers in the form of greater comfort at average load factors, (ii) used to increase the number of passenger seats in the airplane without reducing average passenger comfort at average load factors or increasing airplane size, or (iii) used to reduce the overall dimensions of an airplane without reducing the number of seats in the airplane or reducing average passenger comfort at average load factors.

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A process for optimizing passenger seating configurations within an airplane having more than one aisle positioned therein, comprising: (a) identifying the row configurations that can be reasonably accommodated by said airplane; (b) determining the level of comfort enjoyed by passengers seated in di

A process for optimizing passenger seating configurations within an airplane having more than one aisle positioned therein, comprising: (a) identifying the row configurations that can be reasonably accommodated by said airplane; (b) determining the level of comfort enjoyed by passengers seated in different seating environments within said airplane created by adjacent empty seats, occupied seats, sidewalls, and aisles (environment comfort level); (c) determining the frequency of occurrence of possible load factor increments; (d) calculating the average passenger comfort level in said row configurations, using said environment comfort levels, weighted by the portion of passengers that would be seated in each of said seating environments at each said load factor increment, each said load factor increment being weighted by the frequency of occurrence of said load factor increment, and; (e) installing seats in said airplane in accordance with the seating configuration shown by step (d) to provide the highest average passenger comfort level.