The New Airline Seat Design Fit for Passengers and Low-Cost Carriers
Photo Credit: A glimpse of the new Rebel seat, to be revealed next month in Hamburg, Germany. Rebel
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Innovation is good—so long as invention does not become the mother of necessity. We don’t want to write stories about ‘Rebel Yell’ incidents in the cabin. Really. We don’t.
A new player has entered the field of aircraft seat design and plans to reveal the prototypes of its new theatre-style Rebel seat at this year’s upcoming Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg in April.
The thinking behind the Rebel seat design is to make it easier on passengers to get in and out of rows -- the seat bottom cushions flip up just as they do in the theatre. The seat bottom fits into the seat back so passengers can opt for a seated or standing/seated position to stretch their legs, whichever they prefer.
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