Advice Ask Yadi: Airplane window seat etiquette: Who controls the shade? Published: Dec. 03, 2024, 11:30 a.m.

Window seats dominate the preferences, with 66.6% of passengers opting for them over aisle seats (31.7%) or middle seats (1.7%). According to the recent study, the top five choices among ...

A Seat with a View: The Evolution of Airplane Seating Charts It all began with the Boeing Model 80A in 1928 - the birth of the airplane seating chart. Designed to accommodate 18 passengers, it was ...

Whenever I’m not in a window seat, I feel like I am sitting in a cave. When I’m in the window, the shade is open if I’m awake and the sun isn’t directly in my eyes.

Another said, "Should've booked the window seat if you wanted to control the shade." "This is why I always book the window. These people are so inconsiderate," said one user.

Reclining Your Seat “Whether to recline your seat is a matter of polite awareness,” Jodi R.R. Smith, president of Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting, told HuffPost.

Airplane seating has long been a point of tension among travelers. For many, scoring the coveted window seat is a small victory that makes the cramped space and long hours more bearable.

A dramatic debate is heating up in the skies as travelers are fed up with aisle seat passengers stretching all the way across their row to take close-up pictures out of the airplane window.

A flight passenger posted on Reddit to share how which seats to book on an airplane in hopes to avoid seat squatter encounters. A travel industry expert weighs in.

People who snooze on planes often opt for a window seat so they can rest their head. Chalabala – stock.adobe.com One of the items he listed was to never fall asleep or lean your head on the window.