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JEKTA unveils first interiors of PHA-ZE 100 Electric Seaplane

JEKTA, the Swiss- based devel­op­er of the PHA-ZE 100 Pas­sen­ger Elec­tric Sea­plane, has unveiled the first inte­ri­ors for its econ­o­my class Trav­eller and full exec­u­tive Cor­po­rate cab­in con­fig­u­ra­tion, reports a press release.  

The release states, “Inte­ri­ors have been designed for pas­sen­ger com­fort, oper­a­tional dura­bil­i­ty and ulti­mate ele­gance. The design process involved sim­u­lat­ing how pas­sen­gers, crew, pilots, oper­a­tors and main­te­nance teams will inter­act with the air­craft.”

It goes on, “The inte­ri­ors will adapt to sup­port a range of appli­ca­tions, includ­ing mul­ti-leg, region­al pas­sen­ger flights, expe­ri­en­tial high-end tourism voy­ages, or intense road­show itin­er­aries for cor­po­rates and gov­ern­ments. Car­go, mede­vac, VVIP, and search and res­cue vari­ants will fol­low.”

Max Pin­uc­ci, who leads the design for JEKTA, com­ment­ed, “We have cre­at­ed an ele­gant and styl­ish cab­in that adheres to the prin­ci­ples of being envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly inter­nal­ly and exter­nal­ly. Our inte­ri­ors fol­low all the nec­es­sary cer­ti­fi­ca­tion require­ments. We want our cus­tomers not just to fly but to feel they are trav­el­ling in an envi­ron­ment designed around their needs, com­fort, and safe­ty.”

Ren­der­ing of the Trav­eller cab­in for con­ve­nient, afford­able oper­a­tions

Indus­tri­al design stu­dio MBVi­sion applied its twen­ty years of avi­a­tion expe­ri­ence and worked close­ly with part­ners, sup­pli­ers and poten­tial cus­tomers to shape the style. High­lights include thin mod­u­lar seat­ing, which offers supe­ri­or com­fort while light in weight, and an aft lava­to­ry that will fea­ture in the first pro­duc­tion air­frame. 

The release con­tin­ues, “Being non-pres­surised, the PHA-ZE 100 design fea­tures are intend­ed to shape an on-board expe­ri­ence which blends con­tem­po­rary avi­a­tion form with ele­ments from the marine sec­tor. Wood­en-style floor­ing, gal­ley-style refresh­ment or bar areas and expan­sive panoram­ic win­dows through which light pours emu­late the at-sea expe­ri­ence, giv­ing a brand-new feel­ing of space and free­dom with­in the air­craft.”

With one eye on weight and one on aes­thet­ics, JEKTA is work­ing with pio­neer­ing mate­r­i­al libraries to inte­grate next-gen­er­a­tion flex­i­ble screens in the uphol­stery. The inte­ri­or design also aug­ments the air­craft’s sus­tain­able ambi­tions by incor­po­rat­ing the zero-emis­sions con­cept into the air­craft inte­ri­or. Select­ed mate­ri­als are eco-friend­ly and can be recy­cled, yet do not com­pro­mise qual­i­ty.

Gayo Avi­a­tion, the glob­al provider of pri­vate and spe­cial­ist avi­a­tion ser­vices, is to receive the first Cor­po­rate cab­ins, and MEHAIR, the Indi­an oper­a­tor, will ini­tial­ly wel­come the Trav­eller cab­in to con­nect com­mu­ni­ties liv­ing around water.

Ren­der­ing of the Cor­po­rate cab­in for pro­duc­tive exec­u­tive flight

Back­ground

Led by George Alafi­nov, the JEKTA team has more than two decades of expe­ri­ence design­ing and build­ing fly­ing boats, includ­ing the eight-seat, com­pos­ite LA‑8 and Borey ultra­light. The elec­tri­cal­ly pow­ered, all-com­pos­ite PHA-ZE 100 will be cer­ti­fied to EASA CS-23 and US FAA FAR-23 stan­dards for fixed-wing pas­sen­ger air­craft. 

Pow­ered by elec­tric motors sup­plied with ener­gy from bat­ter­ies or hydro­gen fuel cells, the PHA-ZE 100’s ini­tial flight endurance on bat­tery pow­er is pro­ject­ed at one hour, with a 30-minute reserve. The PHA-ZE 100 will oper­ate from coastal waters in waves up to 1.2m high, lakes, water­ways and run­ways, the lat­ter using its stan­dard retractable wheeled land­ing gear.

JEKTA aims to reduce per-pas­sen­ger-per-hour costs by more than 70 per­cent com­pared to cur­rent sea­planes.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://jekta.swiss/

(Images JEKTA)

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