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American Airlines to add seats and get stingy on leg room

David Koenig

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Nice way to sell Main Cabin Extra seats. Just make the other seats in economy so cramped that buying the Main Cabin Extra seats with more leg room becomes almost a necessity.

American Airlines expects to add more seats to some of its planes, which could mean less leg room for passengers. The airline's parent company, AMR Corp., disclosed the move in a regulatory filing Wednesday. American's vice president of flight service, Lauri Curtis, said that the airline constantly examines its operations, including trying to match the number of seats with travel demand. C

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