Air Peace's Embraer E195-E2 Business Class

You don't touch on the big gain here: Pitch - Embraer can have over 50 inches of pitch on this business class without sacrificing capacity because the seating is 2-2.

The other thing is that the seat is quite a bit wider than coach, plus dedicated armrests, because it is staggered like many int'l business class seats where the foot area is a bit narrower than the seat area. The Delta a330-900neo is a prime example - technically Delta One is 1-2-1 but accounting for the stagger, the seats are 2-4-2, the same as coach, but are a decent amount wider because the seats aren't directly adjacent to others.

I tested out this seat during the E2 Profit Hunter demonstrator tour when they were first marketing it and I wasn't overly impressed. The seat narrows significantly at the hip and makes it quite uncomfortable and awkward for anyone wide and tall to stand up and exit from some of the window seats. There are also some design issues with the tray tables, etc.. which needed to be sorted out. Let's see the passenger reaction to these once AirPeace puts them into service.

Jumping over aisle seat shouldn't be an issue as a typical E-195 flight won't be 4+ hours. At most you'll get up one time and you're not gonna be hangin' out in the aisles, stretching or going to the on-board lounge like on a 12+ hour wide-body flight. Unless you're oversized width-wise, you'd probably appreciate the extra pitch more.

So not a great safety record and a shady CEO, I wouldn’t care what the product is no Thankyou - safety first

While a wide seat is preferred, I can somewhat manage with a narrower seat if my shoulders have room.

Although I appreciate the thinking out of the box, there is no way this bests the conventional 2+1 configuration. Besides, we aren't all solo travelers all the time.

Great review and pictures - the plane looks amazing and can't wait to try it. You said you were hesitant to try their product - I lived in Nigeria for a short-time in 2018 and flew AirPeace domestically a couple of times. While the planes were old and dated, and not very comfortable, they generally arrived on time and I never had a safety issue with them. Out of the Nigeria-based airlines, they were generally the ones with the best customer service and the best on-time departures.

You can check out my full review here: https://0504traveller.blogspot.com/2018/01/trip-report-air-peace-calabar-to-lagos.html

Rather than pay up to three times more for a Business Class fare on a short flight on an Embraer 175/190 just purchase a Middle Exit Seat for Much Much Less