Above: The first TAP flight with the new Recaro seats on board took place on October 30, 2016 on the ‘Gago Coutinho’ A319 traveling from Lisbon to Luxembourg. If you weren’t lucky enough to be on that first flight, you can see a little of what you missed HERE
November 15, 2016 – Portuguese airline TAP, is updating the seats on its short and medium-haul fleet with the SL3510 and BL3530 models from Recaro Aircraft Seating. The contract to equip the 41 aircraft included in the retrofit program amounts to more than 6,600 of the lightweight seats, with a claimed saving of up to 700kg per aircraft.
According to the parties, the new seating has enabled the cabin layout of the Airbus narrowbodies to be optimized, with 12 more seats fitted in the A319 and A320 cabins, and an additional 16 seats on the A321s.
Below: With a weight of around 9kg, Recaro’s SL3510 seat is one of the world’s lightest economy class seats. The seat was honored with a Crystal Cabin Award in 2009
