US EditionThe Double-Level Seat Is Back with the ‘Ultimate, Final Statement’ Design
The latest mock-up adds a privacy panel and more seat pitch as the designer seeks partners for the double-level cabin concept.
- Designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente unveiled a 'final statement' mock-up of the Chaise Longue at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, showcasing the dual-level airplane seat concept as a demonstrative prototype for his start-up.
- Addressing frequent social media concerns about privacy and space, the latest design adds a separation panel between levels and increases seat pitch for lower-level passengers to stretch comfortably.
- Having spent 2025 testing in Madrid, Núñez Vicente hopes to secure partners at AIX 2026 and showcase a pre-production prototype next year, calling that outcome 'the ideal scenario.'
- The concept now includes a front row for passengers with reduced mobility, while the design has shifted from a budget concept to premium economy, a departure business partner Clara Service Soto says is essential.
- Retrofitting aircraft remains expensive and complex, making immediate commercial adoption unlikely; despite past discussions with Airbus, no airline has committed to producing the seat.
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A two-storey aircraft seat is once again a source of discussion: designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente has revised his "Chaise Longue" concept.
The concept of double-level plane seat is back, this time in what the designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente calls the “definitive form.” Initially presented as a university project in 2020 and later as a prototype in 2022, this double-level design, called Chaise Longue, has generated a great stir in social networks, countless memes and heated debates in all areas, from night interviews programs to comment sections on the internet. But for Núñez Vicen…
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otz.deA two-storey aircraft seat is once again a source of discussion: designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente has revised his "Chaise Longue" concept.
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