Aviation Word of the Day - Aisle

Single aisle (narrow body)

Twin Aisle (wide body)



This is probably one of the most common words you've come across, if you happen to attend a lot of wedding ceremonies, or even church .Just like the aisle we’re familiar with, aircrafts also have aisles within the passenger seating area also known as the passenger cabin.

If you we’re following the previous tutorials, you’d remember that the fuselage accommodates the passengers, their baggage and cargo. Within the fuselage is the passenger cabin where the aisles can be found.

Single aisle(narrow body)

 

An aisle or a passenger aisle is a long passageway between the seats in the passenger cabin of the aircraft where passengers can move around with ease. Many aircraft manufacturers distinguish the size of the aircraft using aisles. That is, narrow bodied aircrafts are sometimes, almost rarely called single-aisle aircrafts because they can only accomodate a single aisle. On the other hand, wide bodied aircrafts are also called twin-aisle aircrafts because they are wide enough to accomodate two passenger aisles. Examples of such aircrafts are the popularly known Airbus A380 and Boeing 747.

So if you happen to occupy a seat right beside the aisle, you’re on an aisle seat, as opposed to a window seat.(directly by the window)