"The message is, we do not want to put thousands of people in the cabin, we want to offer a multi-class configuration, which is nowadays impossible if you want to reach the maximum load of passengers," Perugini tells CNN Travel. The second version, which premiered in 2018, evolved the design, featuring a pole to keep the seat in place. Perugini says there's been a lot of interest in the seat, although no one has bit the bullet just yet and ordered them. CNN Travel's verdictCNN Travel's Francesca Street tests out the seat at AIX. Nevertheless Peruguni thinks the seat could take off -- and maybe if it was super-cheap and as comfy as possible, it might be appealing.

Source: CNN April 02, 2019 15:56 UTC