Perfect plane seat revealed

Ever wondered which seat most passengers are aiming for when they scramble to be first to board a low-cost jet?

Well, with Easyjet now trialling bookable seats on selected UK flights, flight comparison site Skyscanner conducted a poll of over 1,000 airline passengers tofind out.

Combining responses, Skyscanner revealed that the most sought after seat on a standard aircraft is seat 6A.

Respondents were quizzed on their seat preferences (aside from extra legroom seats), including which section and whether they chose window, middle or aisle seats.

The poll also delved deeper to find out if choices were influenced by lucky numbers as well as odd or even row numbers.

This survey supports previous studies which have found that the front six rows of the plane are the most popular, taking 45 per cent of the votes. Easyjet are obviously aware of this as booking seats in this section of the aircraft is £8 (€9.75) instead of the standard £3 (€3.65) charged to pre-book seats in any other section.

Easyjet is currently trialling the fees on all flights from Luton to Sharm el Sheikh, Malaga, Alicante and Istanbul, and flights from Glasgow to Alicante.

It will be rolled out to all Easyjet routes if deemed successful.

Low-cost rival Ryanair already offers reserved seating on all flights in its front two rows for €10 each way.

The survey also revealed that 60 per cent of passengers preferred a window seat, compared to 40 per cent who opt forthe aisle, with one per cent choosing the middle seat.

At the other end of the scale, the survey found the seat no one wanted was 31E,a middle seat towards the back ofthe aircraft.

Skyscanner’s travel editor, Sam Baldwin joked: “I just hope that the low-cost carriers don’t find out that there is such demand for seat 6A and start charging a premium for it”.