SEATING -1000s are part of an order of 48 aircraft from the Hong Kongbased airline. HAECO has been in the airline seating business since the company purchased Brice Manufacturing Aviointeriors’ new C4 seat will in 2002. However, HAECO credits be a derivative of the Columbus line, here the Columbus 2 much of the development of its seating products to the company’s vast experience in maintenance, repair and overhaul, which officials say make HAECO unique among seat manufacturers. Spending decades looking at vulnerabilities in airline seating the company has manufactured a product born of experience. “Seat supply is a substantial part of the cabin solutions portfolio,” said Jeff Luedeke, HAECO’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The Vector is made with an aluminum base frame, but the addition of carbon fiber material has result in a seat that offers a weight savings of approximately 20%. Economy product for a seat pitch of up to 38 On the Vector-Y+ HAECO has added inches. Aviointeriors has made the C4 with a more carbon fiber construction with a recline 10-inch recline coupled with an articulated seat along with seat pan articulation designed to pan, maximizing comfort for the passengers. be among the industry leaders in living space The C4 is aimed at a Premium Economy for the passenger. market, which Forsbrey said is growing at A third Vector model, this one designed approximately 7% per year. Because the seat for Premium Economy Class is scheduled for is a derivative of the company’s current line, introduction this year. he advised Aviointeriors can price the C4 at a cost of less than half of the current offering on A fourth C the market which is a big differentiator in this Another company looking for sales in the market. “We believe this product will attract a burgeoning Premium Economy segment is Aviointeriors. The Italian company has recently added a new CEO, Ermanno De Vecchi, who has a strong automotive background and noted change specialist. To work with airline customers the company also recently took on industry veteran Jeffrey Forsbrey, as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In recent years Aviointeriors has been concentrating on adding and improving its product line and operations at its massive plant located near Latina, Italy, just south of Rome. From there, the company makes a full line of airline seating from the Zeus and MonaLisa models for First Class, its Perseus, Zeus, Andromeda for Business Class and its Columbus family of Economy seats and Centaurus for Economy Class. It will be in the Columbus line where Aviointeriors debuts at Hamburg its latest offering, the C4. The company has designed a Premium
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lot of airlines because of its comfort and cost factors,” said Forsbrey. In addition to the C4 Aviointeriors will be showing visitors its latest offering in seating for the VIP market. By the time the industry gathers in Singapore for the Airline Passenger Experience Association and Aircraft Interiors Expo, he said the company would also be showing its newest product for Business Class, a fully flat seat aimed at both the premium BC and high density BC markets.
The industry will be getting the first looks at the new lightweight Economy Class seat from Mirus Aircraft Seating at this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo