Airline Seat Designs for Contactless Travel
The airline industry is seeing many improvised design proposals to minimize the spread of COVID-19 in the aircraft cabin. Some new concepts reduce physical touch points between passengers while other designs provide respiratory protection. Molon Labe Seating has taken a longer-term view of this problem by introducing a version of their S2 Economy Class “Stagger Seat” that addresses both physical and respiratory protection.
This design aims to improve the safety of passengers in the Post-COVID-19 world while addressing the travel experience to offer more space, adjustable barriers, and optional direct cabin air venting to a passenger’s face. The unique attributes of this design include: • A large rotating, one-sided headrest that acts as a physical barrier between passengers, rotating 180 degrees to offer options for passengers traveling with friends and family.
• Staggered layout to increase lateral space whilst reducing contact points between passengers.
• Staggered armrests to further reduce contact points between passengers.
• Patented design that optionally vents fresh cabin air from the seat’s headrest directly towards the passenger’s face with controllable flow rates and direction similar to overhead cabin vents.
• Option for cellphone (Bluetooth) controlled Inflight Entertainment System.
Molon Labe expects this design will address the long-term concerns that have developed as a result of the global pandemic and plans to complete the design by the end of 2020.
“Our aim is to look at a long-term Molon Labe, LLC Hank Scott [email protected] solution by making these post-COVID specific changes to our S2 design addressing both passenger comfort and confidence”. Hank Scott, CEO, Molon Labe Designs