
April 3rd 19, 06:50 PM
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New upright airplane 'seats' would allow for 'ultra-high density' flights, manufacturer says - 1284948086633 2.jpg ...
Miloch wrote in
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more at
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/new-u...-would-allow-f
or-ultra-high-density-flights-manufacturer-says
An Italian manufacturing firm is hoping to help airlines cram even
more people onto their planes with its new idea for “increased upright
passenger position” seating.
Oh good!
The Skyrider 2.0 — a design proposed by Aviointeriors and unveiled at
the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2018 in Hamburg — is billed by the company
as an “innovative seat” which would allow for an “ultra-high density”
of passengers in the cabin area, per press materials.
Each Skyrider 2.0 seat offers a back support and a saddle-style
cushion for passengers to rest upon, along with armrests and a
seat-back tray table. The Skyrider does not, however, allow for much
room between rows, and in turn, no room for stowing baggage under the
seats.
The “pitch” of the Skyrider seats — the distance between the back of
one and the back of the one in front of it — is just 23 inches,
reports CNET. The pitch on most commercial economy flights is
currently between 28 to 31 inches.
Despite this, Aviointeriors claims the seats will provide “adequate
comfort” for flyers on shorter flights. The company is also eager to
tout that its new Skyrider 2.0 model will generate more revenue for
airlines.
“Thanks to this seat, we are able to increase the number of passengers
by 20 percent with a consequent increase in profits for airline
companies,” Aviointeriors writes.
It’s unclear if US carriers will even be able to purchase the designs
for its Boeing or Airbus aircraft either, after an appeals court ruled
in July 2017 that the FAA must being a review of its seat sizes, with
one judge calling it “the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline
Seat.”
This reminds me of a elevator sign I saw overseas,
"capacity = 6 people or 3 Americans"
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