Asia-Pacific Cabin Showcase
RECARO wins prestigious Asia-Pacific airline seat orders
May 1st 2018
China’s largest carrier, China Southern Airlines, will equip its A350-900s in all three classes of the aircraft type with RECARO aircraft seating. Read More » The order is for CL6710 business class seats, PL3530 premium economy seats and CL3710 economy seats.
RECARO has been a China Southern Airlines supplier for nine years. Ten China Southern A330-300s have been equipped with RECARO seats as have aircraft serving regional routes for the Guangzhou-headquartered airline.
Japanese low-cost carrier, Peach Aviation, has ordered the seats for 14 of its aircraft. The lightweight nine kilogram SL3510 seat will be available on part of 320ceo and A320neo fleet of the All Nippon Airways subsidiary from early 2019. The seat has a pre-defined angle of 15 degrees, an adaptive backrest for the spine and a reduction in components that facilitate ease of maintenance.
Peach Aviation CEO and representative director of the carrier, Shinichi Inoue, said: “After a profound evaluation, our young team has selected the RECARO SL3510 for its impressively low weight, design and comfort. Combined with the quality and performance RECARO is known for, it is the right product for our new aircraft.” Peach flies 20 A320s on 15 domestic and 14 international routes in north and southeast Asia.
RECARO Aircraft Seating CEO, Mark Hillier said: “We are pleased that our proven, sturdy, SL3510 seat will soon be flying for the first time in the Japanese market with Peach Aviation. The fact that 125,000 seats of this model have been sold worldwide confirms its significant benefits in economy and reliability.”
