Airbus patent aims to stack airplane passengers on top of each other
Airbus, the airplane manufacturing giant, has filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, proposing a radical new seating arrangement.
It is assumed that Airbus is looking at ways to cram in more passengers onto flights.
The patent proposes creating a “mezzanine sitting area” in the “substantially unused upper lobe of the aircraft fuselage.”
“In modern means of transport, in particular in aircraft, it is very important from an economic point of view to make optimum use of the available space in a passenger cabin,” Airbus said.
The seating arrangement would still ensure a ‘high level of comfort’.
Flight seating patent
Flight seating patent
Flight seating patent
“In modern means of transport, in particular in aircraft, it is very important from an economic point of view to make optimum use of the available space in a passenger cabin,” Airbus said.
In July, a french design company, Zodiac Seats France, filed a patent in which it proposed face-to-face seating arrangements for commercial flights in order to squeeze more passengers in.
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