Which airlines skip unlucky rows? Ryanair, Air France, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airlines, Emirates, KLM and Iberia all skip row 13 on certain planes.
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There is a long-held belief in many cultures that the number 13 is unlucky. And many airlines have responded to this by simply missing row 13 in their seat numbering. The rows jump straight from 12 to 14.
Airlines usually do this to maintain a uniform seat numbering in all aircraft in their fleet. Usually most airlines operate more than one type of aircraft. Different aircraft have different seating capacities and thus, different number of rows.
We used to skip 33 on certain maps to make the [final] row standardized, but the end row is no longer standardized, a United Airlines spokesperson told Travel + Leisure. In short, the reasoning behind having a unanimous seating map is a math equation of sorts.
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This might be anywhere from around row 7 to row 15, though, depending on the airline. On some Airbus A320s, particularly the newer A320neo versions, the last row of the cabin may not have a window.
Superstition around numbers influences the omission of row 13 on Ryanair and Lufthansa flights, as well as other airlines like Air France and Virgin Atlantic. The number 13 is considered bad luck in various cultures, leading to its avoidance in many aspects of everyday life, including airline seat numbering.
There are notable exceptions, though. Among the top airlines in the UK, for example, only Virgin Atlantic skips row 13; British Airways, easyJet, and Jet2.com do not. For the United States, United Airlines (on most aircraft types) and Alaska Airlines (only on the 737-800) do this.
Looking at the seat plans rows 12 & 13 are exit rows so will have a lot more leg room than 'normal' rows. The downside from my experience of those rows on other airlines are (1) the tables are in the armrest so do make the seats slightly narrower and (2) these seats can be somewhat colder than other seats.
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