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Canadian airline WestJet is charging customers extra to recline their seats

The company confirmed to ABC News and USA Today it would be reconfiguring 43 planes to put economy seats in a "fixed recline design"

Passengers in premium and extended comfort will continue to have the option to recline

Passengers traveling on a popular Canadian airline will soon have to pay extra to recline their seats .

Last month, WestJet announced their “major” efforts to reconfigure the cabins on the company’s previously all-economy Boeing 737-8 MAX and 737-800 aircrafts. As part of the changes, seats in their economy class feature a “fixed recline design” meant to “ preserve personal space .”

“Through our guest user testing, half indicated they preferred a fixed recline, to avoid

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