A new airplane seat concept that allows wheelchair users to stay in their own chair throughout a flight was revealed this week by a subsidiary of Delta Air.
Hamburg, Germany — A new airplane seat concept that allows wheelchair users to stay in their own chair throughout a flight was revealed this week by a subsidiary of US airline Delta, a move welcomed as a “huge step” by potential customers.
Rick Salanitri, DFP president, told CNN Travelat AIX that the goal is to make the conversion seamless. As airlines can’t typically accommodate powered chairs, Lee usually has to use a non-electric, airport-owned one, which he can’t control himself. This, he said, leads to a “scary” loss of independence.
“I did research to try and create a solution,” Wood tells CNN Travel at AIX. First, he looked into working with nonprofits. Eventually he concluded he needed to go directly to an aviation company. He approached Priestman Goode and Air4All was formed.Somewhere along the line, DFP – described by Salanitri as “a product development company inside of the airline” – and Priestman Goode started talking about the concept.
The conversion process, as demonstrated to CNN Travel by DFP engineers, is also incredibly swift and smooth, taking around 90 seconds.“We’re going through the testing and development and certification for the chair that is going to make that chair viable to go on an aircraft – we’re projecting within 18 months,” said Anderson-Lennert.
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