Can this airplane seat keep you safe from Covid-19?

As conversations continue about if, when and how it's safe to be flying, airplane seat designers continue to sketch out concepts for what the future of aviation might look like. The latest off the drawing board is Interspace Lite, presented by Luke Miles, founder of transportation technology company Universal Movement. Back in December 2019, Miles premiered a new seat design dubbed Interspace, designed to make sleeping in economy a little easier thanks to "padded wings" that fold out from behind both sides of the seat back. Interspace Lite reworks this design in response to Covid-19. Miles reckons it'll provide an active solution to on board social distancing. Like other recent pandemic-inspired airplane seat designs, Interspace Lite involves adding kit to the airplane middle seat. It leans on the idea that airlines will temporarily block out middle seats in order to better enable distancing, but won't want to permanently change the cabin interior. What makes this concept stand out, says Miles, is that the divider that separates the window and aisle seat isn't a clear screen, which will make travellers feel more comfortable.<br/>