At Economy Class and Beyond, we’ve had our eye on Expliseat for some time, with their innovative low-weight and high-comfort seats. Well, it seems this has come to fruition, with Jazeera Airways taking delivery of the TiSeat E2 as part of a retrofit programme.
For Expliseat, it’s a major step forward, as they now have launched the TiSeqeat E2 seat on the A320 platform, as they move forward to serial production, with over 2000+ units.
The retrofit will cover 11 aircraft in the Airbus A320, A320neo and A321 platforms. By 2024, Expliseat will deliver 2,000+ seats for Jazeera’s nine A320s, including an A320 Neo and two A321s.
With the Expliseat lightweight seats, each aircraft in the Jazeera fleet will reduce aircraft empty weight by 1,200 kilograms, allowing the installation of an additional row of passenger seats by and reducing jet fuel consumption.
This will meet the triple challenge of increasing passenger capacity, reducing the carbon footprint and maintaining competitiveness by avoiding passing on the increase in aviation fuel costs to ticket prices.
The Expliseat TiSeat E2 seat comes in at 6.8kg, whilst keeping creature comforts. In the case of Jazzera, this will include creature comforts such as a larger table, and at-seat charging using USB power by Burrana.
Two kinds of seats will be delivered – one with a recline mechanism, and another with a fixed back.
An option on the seat is the table which is made out of remanufactured carbon fibre – further closing the waste loop.
In Quotes
Jazeera’s Chief Executive Officer, Rohit Ramachandran explained:
“The TiSeat will deliver a substantial weight saving of 1.2 metric tons per aircraft. The significant cost savings associated with this will help us to maximize our operational and financial performance. We are pleased to be an early adopter of this next generation lightweight economy seat, which offers passengers excellent comfort and cost saving.”
Expliseat’s CEO, Amaury Barberot commented:
“Our lightweight seats were initially addressing operators facing stringent payload restriction, with high altitude, short runway, high temperatures conditions. With our new seat generation, other airlines are turning to Expliseat to address rising fuel prices, carbon taxes and sustainability issues. With our unique technology, which is much lighter than traditional seats, Jazeera’s eleven single-aisle aircraft equipped with our latest TiSeat will save up to half a million liters of fuel per year and significantly reduce COz emissions. We are proud to partner with Jazeera and equip their cabins with our second generation of TiSeat, to support such a successful company on the long-term!”
Kevin was a guest of Expliseat at Aircraft Interiors Expo.
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