Galley cart stowage system for a galley of an aircraft

An aircraft comprising:

• a cabin having a cabin floor, the cabin having a cabin ceiling at a crown of the aircraft;
• and
• a galley within the cabin, the galley including a plurality of walls including a first side wall, a second side wall, and a rear wall extending between the first side wall and the second side wall, the second side wall opposite the first side wall, the galley having a front opposite the rear wall, the galley having a galley footprint defined by the first side wall, the second side wall, the rear wall and the front, the galley including a galley cart stowage system for stowing galley carts, the galley cart stowage system comprising:
• a lower cart compartment within the galley footprint defining a lower galley cart cavity configured to receive a first galley cart of the galley carts, the lower galley cart cavity defined by the first side wall, the second side wall and the rear wall, the lower cart compartment having a lower door at the front of the galley to close the lower galley cart cavity, the lower door opening to the cabin to provide access to the lower galley cart cavity from within the cabin;
• an upper cart compartment within the galley footprint defining an upper galley cart cavity configured to receive a second galley cart of the galley carts, the upper galley cart cavity defined by the first side wall, the second side wall and the rear wall, the upper cart compartment having an upper door at the front of the galley to close the upper galley cart cavity, the upper door opening to the cabin to provide access to the upper galley cart cavity from within the cabin;
• vertical conveyance devices extending between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to move the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment;
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• a galley workspace having a workspace volume within the galley footprint located above the lower cart compartment and located below the upper cart compartment, the galley workspace having a countertop forming a working surface in the galley workspace, the countertop movable between a deployed position and a clearance position, the countertop located between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to block movement of the second galley cart between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment in the deployed position, the countertop moved to the clearance position to form an opening between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment to allow movement of the second galley cart through the workspace volume of the galley workspace between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment.

A method of stowing galley carts in a galley of an aircraft, the method comprising:

• positioning the galley carts in a lower galley cart cavity of a lower cart compartment below a countertop of a galley workspace forming a working surface in the galley workspace;
• positioning the galley carts in an upper galley cart cavity of an upper cart compartment above the galley workspace;
• moving the countertop from a deployed position to a clearance position to form an opening between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment;
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• moving the galley carts between the upper cart compartment and the lower cart compartment in a generally vertical direction through the opening using a vertical conveyance device extending between the lower cart compartment and the upper cart compartment.