Passenger seating arrangement having access for disabled passengers

A passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising a column of seat units located adjacent an aisle, the column of seat units and the aisle both extending in a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, and wherein

• the column comprises a multiplicity of seat units, arranged consecutively along the longitudinal direction, and the pitch between consecutive seat units in the column being between 24 and 33 inches,
• wherein the seat units are substantially identical,
• and wherein each seat unit comprises a plurality of moveable seating elements such that the seat unit is configurable between a seating configuration in which the seating elements are arranged to form a seat having a seat pan and seat back, and a flat-bed configuration in which the seating elements are arranged to form a surface for a flat-bed having a bed length of at least 75 inches,
• and wherein in each seat unit, the seating elements are orientated at an acute angle, of between 47 and 51 degrees, to the longitudinal direction and face inwardly towards the aisle,
• and wherein each seat unit comprises a foot-receiving structure for receiving the feet of a passenger when the unit is in a flat-bed configuration, the foot-receiving structure comprising an end-wall arranged to shield the passenger's feet from the aisle,
• wherein the spacing between the end wall of the foot-receiving structure of a fore seat unit in the column and the end wall of a foot-receiving structure of an aft seat unit behind it in the column, defines an access opening to the fore seat unit,
• wherein the access opening has a first width for access by an able-bodied passenger;
• and wherein the fore seat unit is configurable into a disabled-access configuration in which the end wall of the foot-receiving structure is moved to one side and the access opening is temporarily widened from the first width to a second width, greater than the first width, for enabling a disabled passenger to access a seat unit.