Disabled access improvement for airlines

AIRCRAFT INTERIORS EXPO, the very much trade airline cabin services show at Hanover last week, highlighted an award for pioneering seat concept, which is aimed at improving aeroplane travel for disabled passengers.  Esther Gläsker (26), who comes from Hanover, designed the seat last year as part of her degree course.  The concept, called the Com.pax system, means a disabled passenger can be wheeled in the seat from the departures hall, through security and onto the aircraft where it locks into place.  This is in marked contrast to the cumbersome current system which sees disabled travellers being transferred from their own wheelchair into an airport wheelchair, then at the gate into a narrow aisle and finally helped into a traditional airline seat.  Esther hopes her win could interest an interiors seating company to invest in the development needed to bring the concept to a prototype stage. www.aircraftinteriorsexpo.com

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