Skift Take
We’ve written a lot about airline concepts (seen more concepts than we’ve written about) and have a good feeling about the Life Style cabin. Airlines may not install the whole cabin as illustrated, but some of these concepts have what it takes to make from a blank-canvas model to living-color in the skies.
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The future of commercial aviation may not be as bleak as previously imagined, and a new people-friendly flying experience could be closer than many think.
Despite numerous visions of future aircraft dystopias, and present passenger dissatisfaction with the status quo, Zodiac Aerospace’s latest aircraft interiors proposal brings elements from the golden age of flight into a very modern environment, built for and around humans.
Desire Lines
The ‘Desire Lines’ concept of Zodiac Aerospace’s new Life Style cabin breaks the passenger experience free from the binds of the seat, and, inspired by the best practices of urban planning, considers the natural flow of people in spaces.
Dedicated zones in the aircraft let passengers enjoy various activities during a long haul flight: work, entertainment, food, sleep, privacy, socializing, and room to stretch their legs.
Zodiac Aerospace revealed a 1:20 scale architectural model of the alternative aircraft lay-out at the Hamburg Interiors Expo, and Paris Air Show, in a private viewing for airlines, which was intended to spark a dialogue over alternative cabin architecture.
The aim was to balance between the re
