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March 19th, 2024
Expliseat, manufacturer of Air France's Embraer 190 new seats
Expliseat, the French manufacturer of the world’s lightest aircraft seat, announced today that Air France has selected its innovative TiSeat for the cabin renewal program of its Embraer 190 fleet operated by its regional subsidiary HOP!
May 30th, 2023
Jazeera Airways will benefit from Expliseat’s unique lightweight seat technology to have a weight-saving of 1200kg per aircraft across its 11 A320/A321 aircraft
Kuwaiti low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways has partnered with Expliseat to install over 2,000 ultra-lightweight seating options across its Airbus fleet.
April 25th, 2023
Expliseat sets up a new Final Assembly Line in Angers (France) with a capacity of 25,000 seats per year
The Angers plant, with a surface area of 6,000 sqm, will be operational by the end of 2023 with a production capacity of 25,000 seats per year, which can be extended to 37,000 seats per year thanks to our partner in Montauban (France).
April 25th, 2023
Expliseat raises $19 million to develop the production of its ultralight aircraft seats
The funds have been raised from the SPI fund, managed on behalf of the French State by Bpifrance, GoCapital, NCI and one of Expliseat’s historical shareholders, BNPParibasDéveloppement.
June 15th, 2022
Air Tahiti renews an agreement with Expliseat to retrofit its 10 ATR 72 aircraft with the new generation TiSeat E2
June 14th, 2022
Lilium selects Expliseat to develop passenger and pilot seats for their e-VTOL program.
August 31th, 2021
Porter Airlines refreshes aircraft fleet, featuring world’s lightest aircraft seat.
Porter Airlines has completed the modernization of its De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft fleet with a series of updates ahead of its return….
May 11th, 2021
Expliseat’s Lightest Seat in the World enters A320 BFE product catalogue.
TiSeat E2, Expliseat’s economy class seats for short-haul and long-haul segments, enters the Airbus A320 BFE Product catalogue becoming the lightest seat model available.
November 20th, 2020
Benjamin SAADA, 2020 Personality of the year by USAIRE/AIR & COSMOS.
Since 2016, Air & Cosmos and USAIRE Aerospace Business Club award the Prize of the Personality of the Year to aerospace leaders…
November 13th, 2020
TiSeat has been granted the prestigious SOLAR IMPULSE FOUNDATION label for green aviation.
TiSeat – Go green and boost profits with the World lightest aircraft seat by reducing fuel consumption…
October 15th, 2020
Expliseat World’s lightest seat on COMAC ARJ21 aircraft.
Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC has selected the French aircraft seat manufacturer Expliseat to develop a family of lightweight economy seats to be installed on new ARJ21 aircraft.
August 14th, 2020
Nolinor Aviation selects Expliseat’s TiSeat E2.
Canada’s Nolinor Aviation is equipping is Boeing 737-400 fleet with the TiSeat E2 from Expliseat. Claiming to be 40% % lighter than any other certified seats in the market…