seats

The plane cabin with seats that change colour when they’ve been cleaned to show they’re germ-free

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Revealed: The pandemic-friendly aircraft cabin with dividers, business class ‘rooms’ and seats that change colour when they’ve been cleaned to reassure passengers they’re germ-free London-based cabin design studio PriestmanGoode has unveiled a striking cabin concept – called ‘Pure Skies’ It features seats with photochromic and thermochromic ink that reacts to cleaning and changes colour Business class … Read more

MIT researcher warns that filling middle seats on planes could nearly double COVID-19 transmissions

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Flying with middle seats filled during the COVID-19 pandemic poses a larger threat to passengers than plane crashes, according to new statistical research from an MIT professor. Using publicly available statistics on social distancing and COVID-19 transmission, Arnold Barnett, a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, calculated that the odds of COVID-19 transmission on … Read more

Coronavirus: Empty middle plane seats could HALVE spread risk

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Keeping the middle seat empty on airplanes halves the risk of passengers getting infected with the coronavirus, a study has suggested. Professor Arnold Barnett, a statistician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, estimated the risk of transmission on an Airbus 320 or Boeing 737 – two of the most commonly used planes. He found the … Read more

America’s Got Talent: Sofia Vergara stumbles into seats after getting freaked out by Chef Boy Bonez

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Sofia Vergara fell backward into the crowd while fleeing contestant Chef Boy Bonez on Tuesday’s episode of America’s Got Talent on NBC. The 47-year-old new judge freaked out when the Los Angeles rapper bugged his eyeballs all the way out while performing his rhymes. Sofia pressed her red X button against the act and when Chef … Read more

The GP-backed anti-coronavirus shield for plane seats that is set to be ready for use by mid-June

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The GP-backed anti-coronavirus personal protection shield for plane seats that is set to be ready for aircraft use by mid-June (and won’t require airlines to reconfigure their cabins) Shield has been created by RAS Completions and is made from polycarbonate It can be fitted on to the back or sides of seats in all aircraft cabins … Read more

Train capacities boosted to 70% of normal from TODAY with passengers to reserve seats before travel

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Passengers face major changes on the railways as services are ramped back up to 70 per cent of normal levels today. Travellers will be required to wear face coverings during their journey. To allow for social distancing, passengers on at least four major lines will be told to reserve a seat in advance if they … Read more

Is this the future of travel? From blood tests during check-in to plastic booths around plane seats

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The only certainty is that the future of travel is uncertain.  Some experts predict that things will not return to normal for two to three years, and that many companies will go out of business in the next six months. We hope this is not the case, but we’ll all have to get used to … Read more

Protective hoods for airplane seats could keep passengers safe during the coronavirus pandemic

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The coronavirus has grounded planes across the world, but an Italian firm is working on a concept that allows for safe travel during the pandemic. The renders, created by Avio Interiors, include protective hoods that create a cocoon around each seat to add a buffer between passengers.  The drawings also show a middle seat turned … Read more