Qantas Economy Seat Wins International Design Award
If you ever find yourself flying cattle class in the Qantas A380 over to Los Angeles, at least you can take solace in the fact that the economy seat you’re sitting in won an International Design Award.The seat won the top honours at the 2009 Australian International Design Award of the Year ceremony late last week. It was a combination of all elements of the design, from materials used to the revolutionary new footrest that saw it outpace all other comers.
From the press release:
Judges were particularly impressed with the level of innovation and attention to detail given to all aspects of the seat. The design process clearly considered all features from the materials and aesthetics right through to the revolutionary footrest net, recline space and user interface of the entertainment unit. The environmental aspects of flying were also considered with lightweight carbon fibre selected to help reduce weight.
There are 332 of these economy seats on the Qantas A380, so when you next happen to be flying to LA, make sure you check out that revolutionary footrest. It might just change your life.
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i’m sure by the 12 hr into the flight, that footrest will seem the most interesting thing in the world!
Having recently travelled to the US on the Qantas A380 i can say that the seats deserve the award as they are the most comfortable airline seats i have ever sat on. After 13 hours still no numb bum!! A bit different to the United Airlines plane i went on with the seat making it very uncomfortable after only 4 hours. Well done to the designer. A big thumbs up from me.
I travelled on this seat recently and totally think they should have won. Well done Qantas. Well done Marc.
Agreed, best economy seats I’ve sat in. No num bum.
One complaint, the footrests we only discovered via the inflight entertainment systems help feature, and by then it was night time and I couldn’t find the damn thing on the seat in front of me.
Inflight entertainment system is simply fantastic. Best I’ve used.