Molon Labe Seating unveils new seat design allowing PRMs to fly in their own wheelchairs

Molon Labe Seating unveiled (19-Mar-2020) a prototype of a new airline seat that will allow passengers of restricted mobility (PRM) to travel on aircraft in their own wheelchairs. The design is based on the existing 'Side-Slip Seat' design, modified from a standard economy class triple seat to a very wide economy class double seat. During normal operations, the seat can act as a normal economy class seat, but when required, the aisle seat is slid over the top of the window seat and locked into place. The space opened by sliding the aisle seat over the top of the window seat offers 36 inch wide space to secure a manual or powered wheelchair in place. A Q-Straint wheelchair docking system, already used on buses and trains, is used to secure the wheelchair to the aircraft cabin floor. [more - original PR]