Aviointeriors’s Stand-Up Airplane Seat

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ChinesePod News - April 09, 2019

Aviointeriors is back with their newest version of space-saving, stand-up airplane seats. The Italian seat manufacturer ventures to offer a new in-flight experience and “class” option for passengers.

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层级 class or level

概念 concept

改版 revised

意愿 willingness

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層級 class or level

概念 concept

改版 revised

意願 willingness

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意大利航空座椅公司Aviointeriors带着新型节省空间的站立式座椅重返市场,这次推出第三代Skyrider,外型似自行车鞍座,加上靠背设计,可让乘客倚靠休息。

Aviointeriors的工程顾问加埃塔诺‧佩鲁吉尼强调,该设计的目的并非将上千人塞进客舱中,而是提供不同层级的座椅选择,消费者可视其能力购买商务舱、高端经济舱、经济舱或极基本经济舱的机票。

佩鲁吉尼于2010年第一次提出站立式座椅的概念和设计,但该产品因结构问题,迟迟无法真正被应用于客机中。

尽管如此,他还是坚持开始将新改版的座椅,放上空中巴士或波音飞机。

他表示:「我必须诚实地说,我不认为有人会喜欢在这种座椅上待八至十个小时。

但在短程旅途上,民众若想省钱,以约三小时的航程来说,大多数的人会有购票的意愿。」

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義大利航空座椅公司Aviointeriors帶著新型節省空間的站立式座椅重返市場,這次推出第三代Skyrider,外型似自行車鞍座,加上靠背設計,可讓乘客倚靠休息。

Aviointeriors的工程顧問加埃塔諾‧佩鲁吉尼強調,該設計的目的並非將上千人塞進客艙中,而是提供不同層級的座椅選擇,消費者可視其能力購買商務艙、高端經濟艙、經濟艙或極基本經濟艙的機票。

佩鲁吉尼於2010年第一次提出站立式座椅的概念和設計,但該產品因結構問題,遲遲無法真正被應用於客機中。

儘管如此,他還是堅持開始將新改版的座椅,放上空中巴士或波音飛機。

他表示:「我必須誠實地說,我不認為有人會喜歡在這種座椅上待八至十個小時。

但在短程旅途上,民眾若想省錢,以約三小時的航程來說,大多數的人會有購票的意願。」

Italian seat manufacturer Aviointeriors is back with their space-saving “standing seats.” The newest version, Skyrider 3.0, will have passengers perched on a bicycle-seat-like contraption with a back support attached.

Aviointeriors engineering adviser, Gaetano Perugini, stressed that their intention is not “to put thousands of people in the cabin, [instead, they] want to offer a multi-class configuration” to offer passengers options to purchase tickets for business class, premium economy, standard economy, or “ultra-basic economy.”

Perugini first proposed the design and concept of the standing seat in 2010, but the product has exhibited several structural issues that prevented successful implementation.

The engineering adviser remains determined to start installing the new edition into aircraft like those of Airbus or Boeing.

"I will be honest, I don't think that somebody is happy to stay eight or ten hours in this configuration," he admits.

However, "in the short haul, if you want to save money [...] I think the majority of the people will accept this on a couple of hours flight, a three-hour flight."

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