Future of Economy Class Seating

(TRAVPR.COM) SINGAPORE - October 9th, 2015 - AirGo Design, a Singaporean startup working on next-generation airline seats, was recently selected to be among the top 10 startups globally to participate in Los Angeles Innovation Week 2015. The "aerospace innovation hub" event organized by Starburst Accelerator and hosted by Boeing was an exclusive session during which startups showcased their latest technologies more than 70 juries from NASA, FAA, GE Aviation, Northrop, Lockheed, Dassault, Virgin Galactic, DFJ, Qualcomm ventures and​ many others. AirGo's presentation by aviation veteran, Jere Tala and serial entrepreneur Henri Holm was received with praise and the organizer's official Twitter shortly after wrote "AirGo, you have made economy class look incredible".

The good news for AirGo follows a recent success in securing  the much coveted proof of value (POV) grant from Singapore Government's SPRING after months of intensive assessments. The prestigious grant, only awarded to a handful of startups this year, will help AirGo to accelerate the development of its next-generation economy seat "Omega" that has been praised as "the future of airline seating" by major news outlets such as ABC News, The Economist and Daily Mail among others. AirGo's new seat, to be unveiled next year in Singapore, utilizes groundbreaking ultralight composite technologies that save airlines millions of dollars annually in terms of fuel consumption and carbon tax. The seats are also more comfortable, offering a whole new ergonomic design with improved cushions, wider seats and up to 4" more legroom for the same floor space.

Economy class seating market is expected to be worth of over USD5b annually by 2019. AirGo plans to be major player in this market,​ operating from its Singapore head office. 

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