AIX: Airbus offers new lav and galley to add extra seats

The European company is at today’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany. presenting a market research mock-up of a space-saving rear lavatory and galley concept for the A320 Family for the first time.

Called Space-Flex, the concept makes more efficient use of the volume at the rear of the cabin. The result: two lavatories plus a galley can now be accommodated in this space, offering airlines the possibility to install up to three more revenue-generating seats in the cabin and/or to improve seat pitch. One of the Space-F lex lavatories provides full access for ‘Persons with Reduced Mobility’ (PRM) through a simple conversion process: an industry first on a single-aisle aircraft .  

Airbus is also updating the industry on its SPICE galley project (SP ace I nnovative C atering E quipment) which it says has been making steady progress over the past year. After revealing the operational prototype at last years’ Aircraft Interiors Expo, Airbus   will today be sharing the results user trials performed at a full-scale test facility in Toulouse, demonstrating full cabin service for up to 200 passengers. The space-saving catering system improves crew working conditions at the same time as saving hundreds of kilograms of weight and generating space for additional revenue seats.