Inairvation (Booth 2632)—a Lufthansa Technik (LHT) joint venture with F/List of Austria—is showing a new version of its “chair” seat this week at NBAA 2016 “to demonstrate how flexible the design is,” said Philip von Schroeter, LHT director of original equipment innovation and CEO of Inairvation. “We have a first VIP customer signed and will deliver the seats to our completions center in just less than a year for a VIP aircraft that is a more traditional design.”
F/List will manufacture the seats in Austria, while Lufthansa Technik looks after the design and certification. He said the partnership with F/List had been central to winning the contract due to quicker production times being available. “We are also selling our retrofit packages with our four partners–Duncan Aviation, Flying Colours, Ruag and Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS),” von Schroeter said.