Italian design company Avio Interiors has dreamed up with two airplane seat design concepts that could keep travelers safe — or at least safer — in a post-pandemic world.
The company’s first “Glassafe” concept is a “a kit-level solution that can be installed on existing seats to make close proximity safer among passengers sharing the same seat,” according to the company’s website. In other words, transparent blinders on either side of the seat.
The unusual transparent materials still allow passengers to “avoid or minimize contacts and interactions via air, so as to reduce the probability of contamination by viruses or other.”
The “Janus Seat” is a “two-faced seat” that could allow “three passengers to be separated with a shield made of transparent material that isolates them from each other, creating a protective barrier for everyone,” according to the website.
