China Southern Airlines launches "ultra-thin seats" and netizens joke that the sofa chairs become hard seats

Some netizens posted that the seats on some of China Southern Airlines’ routes have been updated and replaced with “ultra-thin seats.”It is reported that starting from early March this year, the company’s aircraft on some routes have been replaced with “ultra-thin seats”.

Some netizens who have ridden on it said that they were "frightened", and some netizens said that "it looks hard and will not be comfortable to sit on", and "the sofa chair becomes a hard seat", and some people think it has no impact.

The introduction of "ultra-thin seats" is part of China Southern Airlines' recent large-scale adjustment of the layout of its passenger aircraft. Through this adjustment, China Southern Airlines will convert multi-class models on some routes into all-economy class.While the seat backs are thinner, the front-to-back distance of the seats remains the same, increasing the number of seats on a flight.

Some people in the civil aviation industry have analyzed that, under normal circumstances, the purchase cost of thin chairs is lower than that of thick chairs. In addition, thin chairs are lighter than thick chairs, which can reduce fuel consumption during flights.