By now, we have all come to realize that the post-COVID-19 world may look a little different from what we know. Especially the world of travel. While taking a flight out of the country is a distant dream for us right now, airlines are busy trying to figure out how to best ensure safe air travel once this crisis tides over.
Italian airplane interiors company Aviointeriors is rising up to the challenge of adapting economy class cabins to new social distancing rules. The company has come up with two seat designs that ensure distance between passengers without compromising too much space on board.
Named after the two-faced Roman God of the same name, the Janus seat sticks to the standard three-seats-in-a-row design, but with a twist (no pun intended). The middle seat faces the opposite direction to that of the aisle and window seats. As a result, passengers sitting next to each-other do not share an armrest and avoid bumping shoulders and unnecessary contact as they enter and leave their seat.
Additionally, each seat also has a three-sided transparent shield to prevent an exchange of respiratory droplets between passengers in adjacent seats. While similar designs have been seen in business class cabins, it is uncertain whether this kind of seats can fill up an entire economy class cabin. Seats next to exits, however, cannot be replaced by this design due to the regulation that exit row seats require an extra seven inches of space in case of an evacuation.
Because backward-facing seats can sometimes be off-putting to passengers, Aviointeriors has also come up with the Glasssafe seat. This seat provides a simpler design solution for airlines- a protective shield fitted into existing seats to prevent contamination. The shields would provide a barrier between passengers sitting next to each-other, without requiring airlines to overhaul their cabins.
Interestingly, this is not the first time Aviointeriors has come up with unique and out-of-the-box seat designs. In 2019, the company introduced The Skyrider, more commonly known as the “standing seat”- a bicycle-like seat designed to accommodate more passengers into economy class. While that idea didn’t exactly take off, airlines are showing interest in their new designs. The company believes that if they get the required approvals, they could roll out the new seats within eight to 11 months.
28/04/20 Arundhati Ail/Conde Nast Traveller
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Italian airplane interiors company Aviointeriors is rising up to the challenge of adapting economy class cabins to new social distancing rules. The company has come up with two seat designs that ensure distance between passengers without compromising too much space on board.
Named after the two-faced Roman God of the same name, the Janus seat sticks to the standard three-seats-in-a-row design, but with a twist (no pun intended). The middle seat faces the opposite direction to that of the aisle and window seats. As a result, passengers sitting next to each-other do not share an armrest and avoid bumping shoulders and unnecessary contact as they enter and leave their seat.
Additionally, each seat also has a three-sided transparent shield to prevent an exchange of respiratory droplets between passengers in adjacent seats. While similar designs have been seen in business class cabins, it is uncertain whether this kind of seats can fill up an entire economy class cabin. Seats next to exits, however, cannot be replaced by this design due to the regulation that exit row seats require an extra seven inches of space in case of an evacuation.
Because backward-facing seats can sometimes be off-putting to passengers, Aviointeriors has also come up with the Glasssafe seat. This seat provides a simpler design solution for airlines- a protective shield fitted into existing seats to prevent contamination. The shields would provide a barrier between passengers sitting next to each-other, without requiring airlines to overhaul their cabins.
Interestingly, this is not the first time Aviointeriors has come up with unique and out-of-the-box seat designs. In 2019, the company introduced The Skyrider, more commonly known as the “standing seat”- a bicycle-like seat designed to accommodate more passengers into economy class. While that idea didn’t exactly take off, airlines are showing interest in their new designs. The company believes that if they get the required approvals, they could roll out the new seats within eight to 11 months.
28/04/20 Arundhati Ail/Conde Nast Traveller
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