Cabin Interior and Electronics
New Airliner Seat Sheds Weight and Parts Count
French company Expliseat says its new Titanium airliner seat could cut fuel bills by hundreds of thousands of dollars. (Photo: Expliseat)
French company Expliseat says its new Titanium airliner seat could cut fuel bills by hundreds of thousands of dollars. (Photo: Expliseat)

One of the highlights of last week’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, was French start-up company Expliseat’s unveiling of a new economy-class seat that significantly cuts weight and engineering complexity. The new seat, called Titanium, tips the scales at 8.8 pounds per passenger, which the Paris-based firm claims is around half the weight of traditional airliner seats. This may translate into an estimated 3- to 5-percent fuel saving, or $300,000 to $500,000 per aircraft per year.

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