Aircraft interior comfort and design shows the state of the art in the aircraft interior. It is a summary of the book "aircraft interior comfort and design" by P. Vink & K. Brauer. CRC press, Bica Raton, 2011.

1. aircraft interior comfort and design illustrated: a summary of the book content Prof dr Peter Vink [email_address]

2. aircraft interior comfort and design: Prof dr Peter Vink [email_address] -A study based on 10,032 trip reports -An overview of the literature -The ideal comfort flight -Interior pictures made by passengers

3. the comfort experience process expectations first sight short term comfort long term comfort

4. comfort discomfort no discomfort history state sound vision smell temperature/ humidity pressure posture/ movement

5. discomfort comfort fatigue luxury pain safe posture refreshment stiffness well-being heavy legs relaxation factors related to (dis)comfort (Zhang et al.,1996)

6. preflight factors influence comfort (Konieczny, 2001)

7. 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 Legroom Hygiene Crew Luggage room Food Neighbor Information Waiting Seat Toilet correlation coefficients between comfort and the aspect n=10,032

8. no legroom: why seat pocket here?

9. bright fresh interior = pos. corr. comfort

10. friendly crew = pos. corr. comfort

11. worn out seat = neg. corr. comfort

12. much luggage space = pos. corr. comfort

13. good food = pos. corr. comfort

14. middle seat = neg. corr. comfort

15. lack of information = neg. corr. comfort

16. waiting + long walking = neg. corr. comfort

17. clean toilet = pos. corr. comfort

18. first class = not always high comfort expectations play an important role