Franco Mancassola has been appointed executive vice-president of Italian firm Aviointeriors and he's here at Asian Aerospace showing off the company's new range of first, business and economy class seats.
Mancassola was chairman and chief executive of low-cost airline Debonair before it went bust late last year. From the Aviointeriors stand (B209) he says: "I moved to the supply side of the aviation industry because I want to get involved in seat configuration of the future. That's the way the industry is shifting. More and more of the big airlines are giving their passengers extra comfort instead of squeezing people in. At Debonair, I always said that comfort was not a class privilege and I still believe that.
"As a client, I bought seats from Aviointeriors because I appreciated the quality of their product. I know what buyers want from the industry and I plan to use this experience to steer Aviointeriors to future success."
Singapore Airlines recently placed a repeat order with Aviointeriors for Business Class seats for its new Boeing 777-200ER fleet.
Source: Flight Daily News
