Aviation industry set to change post-coronavirus pandemic! New seat arrangements from Aviointeriors!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: shahid | In Health , Interesting Facts

After the coronavirus pandemic settles, the future of flying is likely to have some great changes to prevent infection.
There might be plastic shields around seats and backward seats.
Aviointeriors has come up with some novel ideas for it.
But will airfares also rise?

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Aviation industry and aircraft changes

Once it is safe enough to resume air travel after the coronavirus pandemic ebbs, airlines and the aviation industry have to see to it that they can find ways to minimize the spread of infection them. Additionally, they have to put in hygienic steps to keep their passengers safe.

There might be changes in the seating arrangements and way of boarding to maintain the minimum safe distance between passengers. Besides, the method of disinfecting the aircraft after demounting one lot of passengers will become more stringent.

Aviointeriors is an airplane seating company based in Italy. Now, it has come up with two solutions to combat the problems created by the coronavirus crisis.

The options in seating from Aviointeriors

The company has rolled out two models of radical economy class seating concept which would have inbuilt physical barriers.

In the Janus concept, the middle seat in the row of three seats is backward-facing. Whereas the seats in the aisle and the window seats would continue to remain forward-looking in the direction of the flight.

Additionally, each passenger seat would have a wrap-around transparent barrier shield. This plastic cocoon would protect them from germs, and infectious air, and also cut down on fights over armrests.

The plastic barrier around the aisle seat would especially protect the passenger seated there from people walking up and down the airline aisles.

The company says:

“The high shield would prevent breath propagation to occupants of adjacent seats.”

Janus is a Roman God and authority of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He has two face-offs looking at the future and the second at the past.

The second novel concept of Aviointeriors

In the second concept of Aviointeriors called Glassafe, there are plastic hoods attached to the existing seats which remain the same. This supposedly would cut down on the spread of germs between passengers seated on adjacent seats.

The new ideas for airline seat arrangements were released this week but no airlines have yet opted for them. Aviointeriors is known for such unique seating arrangement ideas. Last year, it came up with Skyrider flying saddle seats for fliers.

Even without these, US airlines have already started implementing social distancing in their aircraft. Delta, Alaskan, American, and United have begun keeping the middle seats empty.

Alaska has added that it will allow, passengers free cancelation if they are unhappy with the seating arrangements. But later when more people start flying, the airfares may rise to prevent loss to airlines for the empty seats.

Alexandre de Junaic, Director-General of IATA said:

“If social distancing is imposed, cheap travel is over.”

Also, read Skyrider 3.0! The new concept of standing seats in short-haul aircraft! Will there be any takers for it?

Source: SFGate

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