Air France is now launching new seats onboard of its short haul flights as from 13th April 2010. With these new seats on the short haul flights, an additional of 3,720 seats is now available on 9 Airbus A321, 3 Airbus A320 and 9 Airbus A319 of Air France. The new seats on the short haul flights of Air France will enable passengers an additional of 2 to 3 inches of seat pitch that can recline to 15°. Air France short haul seats is also 40% lighter than the usual seats and therefore helps the carrier to make of save of 1,700 tons of fuel per year and also 5,200 tons of CO2 emissions. Sitting comfortably in the new seats on the short haul flights, Air France in flight entertainment will still be available.