- Jazeera becomes launch airline for Expliseat’s TiSeat E2 for the Airbus A320 family

Paris, France, 30 May 2023

Expliseat, French designer and manufacturer of the world's lightest aircraft seat, is going to deliver 2,000+ units of its new TiSeat E2 model. They will equip the Airbus A320 and A321 of the growing Kuwaiti company Jazeera Airways and provide additional comfort to its passengers. Following a recent $19m capital increase and the expansion of its industrial footprint with a new factory, Expliseat is now moving its TiSeat E2 for A320 family to serial production.

Retrofit of eleven Airbus A320/A321: weight savings and reduced fuel consumption

In parallel to its current fleet expansion plan, Jazeera Airways is willing to further enhance its current passenger experience by offering fully equipped seats.

Following a tender among aircraft seat manufacturers for the retrofit of its A320 and A321 cabins, Jazeera Airways selected Expliseat's second generation TiSeat model, which meets all the weight and comfort criteria.

With the Expliseat lightweight seats, each aircraft in the Jazeera fleet will reduce aircraft empty weight by 1,200 kilograms, allowing the installation of an additional row of passenger seats and reducing jet fuel consumption. This will meet the triple challenge of increasing passenger capacity, reducing the carbon footprint and maintaining competitiveness by avoiding passing on the increase in aviation fuel costs to ticket prices.

By 2024, Expliseat will deliver 2,000+ seats for Jazeera’s nine A320s, including an A320 Neo and two A321s.

A better customer experience for a fast-growing airline

With its TiSeat E2 seat, Expliseat has succeeded in combining best-in-class comfort with generous padding and recline function with unique lightness. The Expliseat seat model weighs only 6.8 kilograms per seat making it 35% lighter than other seats of its type. The seats benefits from the company’s innovative composite and titanium frame, as well as zero plastic parts policy which significantly improves the robustness of the seats.

As per Jazeera’s request, the TiSeat will feature an USB in-seat power system from the company Burrana, and a portable electronic device (PED) holder to provide an optimal passenger experience to Jazeera customers.

Jazeera’s Chief Executive Officer, Rohit Ramachandran explained: “The TiSeat will deliver a substantial weight saving of 1.2 metric tons per aircraft. The significant cost savings associated with this will help us to maximize our operational and financial performance. We are pleased to be an early adopter of this next generation lightweight economy seat, which offers passengers excellent comfort and cost saving.”

Expliseat’s CEO, Amaury Barberot commented: "Our lightweight seats were initially addressing operators facing stringent payload restriction, with high altitude, short runway, high temperatures conditions. With our new seat generation, other airlines are turning to Expliseat to address rising fuel prices, carbon taxes and sustainability issues. With our unique technology, which is much lighter than traditional seats, Jazeera's eleven single-aisle aircraft equipped with our latest TiSeat will save up to half a million liters of fuel per year and significantly reduce CO2 emissions. We are proud to partner with Jazeera and equip their cabins with our second generation of TiSeat, to support such a successful company on the long-term!”