
The most unusual and eye-catching airplane seat designs
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A stand-up airplane seat, an overhead locker that's converted into a bed and a double-decker airplane cabin. These are some of the most eye-catching -- and unusual -- airplane seat designs to crop up in recent years.
(CNN) — A stand-up airplane seat, an overhead locker that's converted into a bed and a double-decker airplane cabin. These are some of the most eye-catching -- and unusual -- airplane seat designs to crop up in recent years, aiming to revolutionize the inflight experience.
Airplane cabin design has always been about continuous innovation -- that's how we got the lie-flat airplane seat that's now omnipresent in business class cabins, or a tray table that folds neatly into your arm rest.
From fitting more passengers into the cabin to giving travelers unexpected space to stretch their legs, these unusual airplane seat designs seek to problem-solve common inflight dilemmas.

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