Perhaps the most overlooked class from travel writers is economy class. While everyone touts the whizz bang new halo product up the front, most people continue to fly down the back in the standard seats. I thought it would be a good idea to show what the Aer Lingus A321LR is like down the back.
I recently flew from Dublin to Amsterdam on one of these long-haul aircraft. The Irish airline uses them between flights on a European rotation to keep them busy, so I was able to get a feeling for it quite inexpensively. Here’s a look at what is on offer in the cabin.
The Aer Lingus A321LR Economy Class
Being a standard narrowbody, seats are arranged three by three. You can see what it is like on the scale seat map at AeroLOPA here. Notice the seat rows become more staggered down the back. Here are some cabin views from a bit past the overwing exits.
Seat pitch ranges from 35″ at the emergency exits to 30.5″. Apart from the emergency exits, you get 32″ pitch at rows 7 through 13, and the DEF seats in rows 22 to 34. These are the ones to choose for the most room.
All seats feature inflight entertainment as standard in the seat in front, with some very effective earbuds issued so you can hear your selection very well.
Overall Thoughts
The Aer Lingus A321LR economy class seats are quite comfortable. Knowing which seats to select will give you the maximum opportunity for spaciousness. Whether you pay extra for the exit rows, or for the oodles of room in row 7, or whether you choose a 32″ seat at the back over a 30.5″ pitched one, well that’s your choice.
While I did not fly long haul on this occasion, in spite of being surrounded by a group of excited female secondary students, I still had a comfortable flight. For the 6-8 hour sectors these aircraft operate, they are comfortable enough.
What do you think of the Aer Lingus A321LR economy class seats? Have you tried them before? What do you think? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.
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I love flying in the A321neo – it just feels cool having IFE within Europe. When do you go to Australia with Ethiopian Airlines? When you do, could you possibly do a post about the stopover program? Will you be doing any stopover tours into the city or just the hotel?
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Yes, it’s quite good, even though they don’t give out headphones in Europe. I’m in Australia now and I will be writing about the stopover program. The hotel was gorgeous! First time just the hotel, will do a tour on the way back as I’ve another 16 hours there. Won’t be long for the reviews, over the next week or two they will come out.
It would be a nice touch if they provided free headphones – they wouldn’t break the bank! In Addis, are you thinking about doing the city tour, the Mercato one, the Mount Entoto one or the coffee one or are you not sure yet? I’d love to try Ethiopian on my next visit to Cape Town as it’s a unique airline and it’s a fraction of the price of KLM(my usual airline) but my travel companion insists on only one layover. Enjoy the rest of your visit to Australia!
Thanks again for all your amazing content!
Yes, the headphones are provided on the long flights, but not on the short ones. I imagine it’s not really cost efficient. The newer inflight entertainment lets you use your own headphones, so I didn’t check to see if that is a thing on Aer Lingus. Not sure re Addis yet. There is a full day tour out to the Portuguese Bridge etc, or I can stay in Addis and just do a half day. I need to decide soon enough as I’m flying back in a week or so. The Ethiopian reviews should be arriving soon – I’ve written up to flying DUB-MAD, so next to write is MAD-CAI on IB, then it’ll be the ET ones. And thanks for the kind words 🙂