A commercial plane typically flies multiple times a day, thousands of times a year, for several years before updating the interior.
According to AeroDynamic Advisory and Tronos Aviation Consulting, the aircraft interiors was a 6.5 billion dollar business in 2022. The total seat market was $2.9 billion dollars, with new seats at $933 million and retrofitted seats at $1.39 billion. It projects the total interiors market to reach $8 billion by 2027.
Seats are a crucial part of an airline’s business. A typical narrowbody jet like a Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 has as many as 180 seats. And replacing them with brand new seats can be expensive. A more complicated seat with in-flight entertainment screen, power outlets, recline mechanisms is more costly.
Many airlines chose to refurbish or refresh the seats by stripping down the ones they already have in service or acquired from another airline or leasing company.
An airline may choose to refurbish seats versus replacing them based on a few fa
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