SkyLeather® is a revolutionary synthetic leather specially designed for airlines, to help reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel efficiency. Its an ingenious alternative to reconstructed leather, and genuine leather.
This innovative material offers advantages in aircraft seat maintenance and also stands out with regard to passenger well-being.
Compared to leather hides, our synthetic SkyLeather® is up to 25% lighter. This contributes to airline operators fuel saving initiatives.
SkyLeather® has been designed with the environment in mind. Harmful chemicals have been removed from the manufacture of SkyLeather®, ensuring it is a true eco-friendly material.
Our EasyClean technology embedded within our material, gives the surface of SkyLeather® is highly dirt / grime repellant, which reduces the cleaning effort. Even ball-point pen marks and stain residues can be simply wiped away with a moist cloth.
The high elasticity of SkyLeather® simplifies the fitting process, even for complex seat shapes.
The seat cover stays in the same shape and therefore looks new for longer.
SkyLeather® causes no skin irritation, features good thermal properties and is resistant to fungal growth. Additionally, the suppleness of the soft surface delivers enhanced comfort for the passenger.
Our SkyLeather® is available in a range of grains, finishes and colours. Autostop Avition has developed a standard colour pallet, but can match any colour to suit customer needs.
SkyLeather® is anti-microbial to inhibit the growth of microorganisms.