(CNN) - No one really knows what aviation will look like in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ideas include the vision of Aviointeriors of a row of three economical seats with the middle seat facing the opposite or the installation of a protective screen around each seat.
In the mix comes the vision of the French aeronautical engineer Florian Barjot, nicknamed PlanBay.
Barjot believes that what the airlines want is not a complete overhaul of the cabin or the installation of new seats, but an easily removable piece of kit that could be installed if necessary.
Like the design of Aviointeriors, the Barjot concept is aimed at the economy class.
PlanBay consists of a protective panel behind the seat and another protective panel between the seats. The structure fits on the empty central seat, so that the passengers in the aisle and the window can maintain a social distance from each other. It is no different from the glass panel configuration that business travelers may be used to.
According to Barjot, the installation process is simple, the kit is easy to produce and the cost would be low.
The name is a play on the term Plan B - derived from Barjot's previous experimental inner idea, EarthBay, which reinvents the hold of the plane.
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Barjot told CNN Travel that he developed the concept on his dining table while his children were playing nearby.
He was inspired by his wife, who said she would fear a passenger sneezing on her from behind. When the seat pitch is small, the person behind you will likely be as close as anyone in your row.
"The idea of a removable kit takes on its full meaning when the need for sanitary measures is temporary and / or limited to a geographic area", explains Barjot.
Barjot says he has had a few conversations with aircraft interior suppliers to make the design a reality, but has no idea how and if the idea will fit into the future of aviation .
On May 5, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents carriers from around the world, released a statement suggesting that blocking the middle seat was not something it supported.
Instead, the group recommended face masks.
"The evidence suggests that the risk of transmission on planes is low," the statement said. "The wearing of masks by passengers and crew will reduce the already low risk, while avoiding the dramatic increases in air travel costs that social distancing measures on board would entail."
If some of the seats are out of order, the prices of those available will likely be increased by the airlines.
IATA also suggested that temperature controls and reduction of on-board contact could be options.
Barjot's view on the matter is that air travel will change irrevocably and that people's expectations of air travel will likely be changed forever.
"For many of us, taking a plane is the only time in your life you can see Earth, but instead, passengers and the industry wanted to make TV and Wi-Fi the best" experience for passengers, "" said Barjot. .
"Now we have been living at home for two months with high levels of television and Wi-Fi, will these expectations change? It has taken millions of years for humans to achieve the dream of flying, not of watching TV during the flight. To sum up maybe fewer trips, but better trips. "
