Sliding seat concept could speed up boarding

Victoria Moores April 11, 2013
Credit: Victoria Moores
US firm Molon Labe Designs has developed a concept in which narrowbody aisle seats can be manually slid across the middle seat to increase the aisle width from 20-in. to 43-in. during boarding. Demonstrating a mock-up of the Side-Slip seat concept at Aircraft Interiors in Hamburg, the firm reported...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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