WASHINGTON, July 11 (UPI) -- An exploratory airline seating design from Zodiac Aerospace aims to maximize the amount of passengers on a single flight by turning them around.
In a patent filed by industry supplier Zodiac Seats France and announced Friday, the new seating design -- named the Economy Class Cabin Hexagon -- flips every middle seat around to face the two behind it. Airline commuters would thus face one another on budget flights if incorporated into single-aisled planes.