Recaro supplies around 8,000 units of business and economy class seats to Shenzhen Airlines in China

“Recaro not only offers premium comfort seats in all classes but also provides integrated solutions ensuring reliability, short delivery times and worldwide customer service,” says René Lux, Vice President Sales Recaro Aircraft Seating Asia Pacific. “With Shenzhen Airlines we have been able to win over one of the important Asian players in the industry. We look forward to the coming tasks and challenges very much.”

Shenzhen Airlines, a subsidiary of Air China, relies on German premium quality and has placed an order for 8,000 units of CL5710 business class seats and BL3530 economy seats. The comfortable lightweight seats will be taking to the skies in 37 Boeing 737 MAX linefit and 14 Airbus A320  retrofit of Shenzhen Airlines from 2018. Shenzhen Airlines has been a member of the Star Alliance since 2012.

Recaro Aircraft Seating is one of the first international suppliers to manufacture aircraft seats in China. Since the factory opened in 2013 at the site in Qingdao, Recaro has been successfully manufacturing aircraft seats using modern Lean and Shop-Floor management processes. With the APAC hub and Recaro service center in Hong Kong, the German aircraft seat manufacturer is well positioned to meet the growing demand in the Asian market.

CL5710 – comfort and efficiency for the business class

The new, electrically adjustable Recaro CL5710 unites comfort and efficiency in a very special way. The short- and medium-haul business class seat is characterized, amongst others, by lots of storage space. It offers passengers an unparalleled level of comfort thanks to its new legrest, generous backrest adjustment range as well as predefined seating positions observing a minimum seat pitch of 45 inches.

BL3530 – advancing the economy class bestseller

The special features of the BL3530 include practical inflight entertainment ideas for connecting personal electronic devices as well as useful storage spaces and surfaces for tablet PCs, smartphones or e-readers. Thanks to the narrow and space-saving backrest, the BL3530 permits highly efficient cabin seating ranging from 29 to 34 inch seat pitch providing improved passenger comfort.