European Aviation Safety Agency grants ETSO for Lufthansa Technik AG "chair"

Lufthansa Technik’s innovative VIP seating solution “chair” has received its ETSO (European Technical Standard Order) certification. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) granted two ETSO’s for the 9g certified and 16g certified “chair” family. This ETSO designation can also be used for FAA TSO certification. With this approval production of “chair” can start. The certification process will allow Lufthansa Technik to validate changes to the “chair” without intensive re-testing. EASA testing was designed and passed to maximum dynamic load cases. This enables changes to be classified as minor deviations under the umbrella the granted ETSO.