1.   American Airlines, meanwhile, is removing two rows of seats in coach cabins to give all passengers three more inches of sprawl space at no extra charge.

2.   American is removing two rows of economy-class seating to provide up to five extra inches of legroom.

3.   Carriers create extra space in premium economy by removing one row of seats and then redistributing the space.

4.   This would require removing rows of seats, and no carrier is about to absorb the lost revenue.

5.   U S Airways recently removed a row of coach seats in each wide-body plane to make room for a new, luxurious business-class service.

6.   United boasts that it has removed a row of seats to make coach passengers more comfortable, but its interior decorating is mediocre at best.

7.   One-third of the seats in the Jordanian Cultural Center were empty when the vice president arrived, and workers hurriedly tried to remove rows of chairs.

8.   The reduction in the number of seats will depend on the model of the airplanes but typically a row is removed.