Aircraft
AvioInteriors Seating Innovation Addresses Covid Concerns
Italian cabin supplier AvioInteriors has designed a seating configuration with transparencies meant to mitigate the spread of germs.
AvioInteriors' Janus concept features a center seat of a three-abreast layout positioned in the opposite direction from those on the aisle and windows. (Image: AvioInteriors)
AvioInteriors' Janus concept features a center seat of a three-abreast layout positioned in the opposite direction from those on the aisle and windows. (Image: AvioInteriors)

Italian aircraft seat and cabin interior supplier AvioInteriors has released a concept for a new seating solution designed to theoretically allow airlines to fill their middle seats amid Covid-19 concerns. Calling it a “kit-level solution” operators can install on existing seats to make close proximity safer, the company’s Glassafe and Janus products feature transparencies to create an isolated volume around the passenger to avoid or minimize the spread of germs between occupants.