Butterfly seat takes flight at Sekisui Kydex incubator - Runway Girl
Creating a new type of aircraft seating is incredibly difficult, with aviation regulation lagging significantly behind both design innovations, materials engineering and best regulatory practice, and designers at the bleeding edge of what’s possible often ending up with metaphorical scarred fingers. The convertible recliner/flatbed Butterfly seat, a very promising option for future longhaul narrowbodies is no different. Chief commercial officer Lars Rinne tells Runway Girl Network around the RedCabin virtual conference that “we experienced some significant issues with the engineering of...