Guide to Selecting and Developing Trends in Airport Waiting Area Chairs

Several Factors in Selecting Waiting Area Chairs at Airports, Terminals, Hospitals and more.

Waiting area chairs are crucial for passengers’ experience at airports, rail station terminals, bus station terminals, hospitals and anywhere can wait. Durability, aesthetics, and easy maintenance are just some of the factors that architects must consider when seeking the best seating options. At the same time, the latest innovations in materials and design will also influence the types and placement of waiting chairs.

When deciding on airport waiting chair projects, airports usually consider the following factors:

1. Many airports realize that if the layout is reasonable, the commercial area can meet most of the seating needs of the waiting room. At the same time, airlines usually require that the number of waiting chairs in the boarding gate area can accommodate at least half of the aircraft’s capacity.”

2.  In the boarding gate area, the selection of waiting chairs usually depends on the service level for each passenger. If higher service levels are required, the required area per person will also increase.

3. Most airports will evaluate the size of the aircraft using the boarding gate, and then predict how many passengers will choose to stand or browse the retail store before boarding to determine the number of waiting chair seats.

1. When determining the waiting area chairs and their locations, airports will consider their architectural design style, passenger comfort, maintainability, and cost.
2. When deciding how to place these waiting chairs, it is necessary to consider passengers’ constantly changing needs. Power outlets were once rare in terminals, but now passengers’ demand for charging electronic devices such as USB is increasing. As passengers’ expectations continue to increase, power has become a necessity. Even if there are no power outlets on the seats, airports will provide other methods.
3. Easy and comfortable travel is a trend. Beautiful and personalized waiting areas can slow down travelers and make them aware that they have time to eat or browse retail stores. This helps to increase customer satisfaction and airport business, which many airports are already aware of.
4. When choosing airport chairs, quality should be considered. Quality is a particularly important factor in the airport chair bidding process. Power outlets, support, comfort, and maintainability are all essential, and the chairs should be sturdy, durable, and easy to replace parts with ample spare parts.
5. How to maintain the quality of airport chairs in daily use is one of the biggest challenges facing airports. An airport handles millions of passengers every year, and the average life span of chairs is about 20-30 years. Many factors affect the lifespan of airport chairs. Frequent use is the main factor, but improper cleaning can cause the seat cushions of airport chairs to age, especially the frequent use of cleaning agents, which directly reduces the lifespan of waiting chairs. Overnight passengers sleeping on the seats can also damage the seat cushions, and long-term exposure to sunlight can also have an impact.
6. In addition to durability, the location of airport chairs in the airport is also an important factor. For example, airports and architects are more willing to invest in high-end seats for VIP rooms, while seats in public areas such as boarding gates require more durable cushions. Therefore, architects and designers need to pay attention to the changing demands of future passengers in order to ensure the best possible passenger experience.
7. To reduce improper use of public seating by passengers. Although research data suggests that the most durable public seating should be installed in appropriate locations, it is still difficult to prevent passengers from misusing public seating, such as using seats for disabled or children for overweight adults. The trend of diversified public seating may continue to change, making airport chairs an integral part of airport design. For passengers, having an area to relax comfortably before boarding is a very important part of the journey, and airports will continue to meet the needs of passengers in order to improve their international service level.

In recent years, what changes have been made to public waiting chairs?

Due to the limitations of traditional production techniques and materials, traditional large-scale public seating projects often choose monotonous and hard all-stainless steel or chrome-plated metal, such as train station waiting halls, hospital waiting rooms, school libraries, cultural centers, and government offices. As shown in the picture below, the entire space is a cold and aloof environment, no matter the season, and it contradicts the increasingly sophisticated consumer expectations.

In recent years, with the completion and renovation of various large-scale venues in China, the replacement or updating of seating projects often marks the final stage. This is because the furniture industry has undergone a technological revolution in terms of seating production techniques and materials. Designs are now more humanistic and international, and materials are more environmentally friendly, durable, easy to clean, and fire, moisture, and corrosion-resistant. The new material PU, which is widely used in national defense, aviation, light industry, automotive, medical, station, airport, and seating industries, is applied to seating manufacturing.

PU waiting chairs have the following advantages:

1. Good human contact feeling.
2. Not conducive to bacterial growth, eliminating secondary infections.
3. Resistant to ozone, aging, mildew, low temperature, and bending;
4. Oil-resistant: Polyurethane elastomer is a strong and highly polymerized compound with little affinity for non-polar mineral oil, almost unaffected by fuel and mechanical oil;
5. Radiation-resistant performance: Polyurethane has good resistance to high-energy radiation and still has satisfactory performance under high radiation doses;
6. Excellent surface properties and can be disinfected with disinfectant.
7. Extremely long service life.
8. Under the same hardness, it has a higher load-bearing capacity than other elastomers;
9. Can be made into flame-retardant materials;
10. Good softness and high tensile strength, with breathability that PVC does not have;
11. It has good hydrolytic stability.
    
    

With the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, the number of travelers has also grown explosively. Public places need to provide corresponding facilities, such as USB charging devices that are gradually becoming popular and installed on waiting seating for people to use. This design idea starts from people and from the heart.

As China becomes more and more internationalized, there are more and more international airports and high-speed railway stations where waiting halls are open almost 24 hours a day. These places have already popularized free WIFI. In case of flight or train delays, passengers need to solve problems related to mobile office work or phone charging in the waiting hall. At this time, installing USB charging sockets on public benches can easily solve the problem of office equipment power supply. Tea tables, luggage racks, and storage racks are all accessories for the convenience of travelers to place their belongings. They effectively utilize space, allowing passengers to wait calmly without affecting the seats. The comfort of the cushions on public benches greatly enhances people’s pleasant experience in airports and large public places, and greatly facilitates people’s travel, accelerating our country’s progress towards a highly civilized level of public services. In recent years, the changes in public benches have become more and more humane and comfortable, and these changes can be seen everywhere.

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