Window Seat

[TerryW]

This maybe a question for Ask The Pilot but I will ask here.I recently travelled from Cairns back to Brisbane on VA 786 seated in 9C,i noticed there is no window in 9A however opposite the same row in 9D there is a window, can anybody settle my curiosity as to the anomaly.
Terry.

 

[JohnK]

I believe it is do with airconditioning.

Here is a post from TristarSteve on airliners.net regarding windowless rows.

B707 up to B737-200 had the air conditioning risers in tiny little pipes that went round the windows. About six each side. It didn't work very well. The pipes got clogged with dust and stopped working. So from the B733/B757/B767 onwards they gave up and took out a window and put a single big pipe each side instead. I see on the B787 that it has the same idea except the windowless row is behind the wing instead of in front of it.

 

[TerryW]

Thanks for the info.