• On shorter journeys seat 6A was the best seller while on longer flights it was 1A

  • On shorter journeys seat 16B was the least popular while it was 19B on longer flights

  • Passengers preferred seats on the left hand side of the plane with seats A, B and C out selling D, E and F


  • £12 for extra leg room

  • £8 for up front seats (emergency exits, row 2-5 on A319 or 2-6 on A320)

  • £3 for any other seat

  • Prior to the trial easyJet’s reservation system did not allow for reserved seating so easyJet has added that functionality.

  • All passengers will be allocated a seat with families and other groups travelling together on the same booking reference seated together wherever possible

  • Anyone who pays to select their seat is allocated it at the point of purchase. Anyone who chooses not to pay to select their seat is given their seat number when they check in either online or at the airport

  • The algorithm takes the data and seats the whole aircraft using a complex formula in less than 1 second