{"id":378720,"date":"2026-04-14T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/378720\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:18:08","slug":"aix-2026-unum-launches-two-business-class-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/378720\/","title":{"rendered":"AIX 2026: Unum launches &#8216;Two&#8217; business class seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/linkout\/182762\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Topleaderboardbanner728x90_2 (002)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Topleaderboardbanner728x90_2-002.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" style=\"display: inline-block;\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gatwick-based Unum\u00a0 has launched a business class seat at the show currently underway in Hamburg.<\/p>\n<p>Unum Two is a 21.5\u201d wide forward-facing seat offering direct aisle access, a privacy door, and what the company claims is the largest side furniture of any forward-facing seat.<\/p>\n<p>The seat incorporates Unum\u2019s patented Scimitar mechanism, which reduces part count and simplifies MRO processes.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Brady, CEO &amp; Founder of, Unum, says: \u201cWhen we first shared the forward-facing concept three years ago, we were clear about the ambition of Unum Two. Now we are presenting a seat that has been through the full discipline of design, engineering and testing, and is ready for airline programmes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft cabin show opened this morning and runs until Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gatwick-based Unum\u00a0 has launched a business class seat at the show currently underway in Hamburg. Unum Two is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[197244,111,139,69,145,197245],"class_list":{"0":"post-378720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-aircraft-interiors-expo-aix","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-unum-aircraft-seating"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}