Cabin equipment component connection system and method for modifying passenger cabin configuration

Cabin equipment component connection system for an aircraft comprising a plurality of connecting elements, which are adapted to be connected to a cabin equipment component in order to connect the cabin equipment component to a higher-level system of the aircraft, and a control system, which is adapted to provide data that are characteristic of a configuration state of the cabin equipment component connection system and in dependence upon the configuration state of the cabin equipment component connection system indicate whether a connecting element of the cabin equipment component connection system is connected to a cabin equipment component,

• wherein in at least one zone of the cabin equipment component connection system that is assigned to a predetermined region of a cabin of the aircraft, a number and an arrangement of the connecting elements in the cabin of the aircraft are selected such that, given a configuration of the cabin of the aircraft with a predetermined first number of passengers or with rows of seats that are arranged at a predetermined first distance from one another, cabin equipment components that are provided in a first number and/or a first arrangement in the cabin of the aircraft are connectable to the connecting elements of the cabin equipment component connection system, and that, given a configuration of the cabin of the aircraft with a predetermined second number of passengers or with rows of seats that are arranged at a predetermined second distance from one another, cabin equipment components that are provided in a second number and/or a second arrangement in the cabin of the aircraft are connectable to the connecting elements of the cabin equipment component connection system, without a modification of the number and the arrangement of the connecting elements in the cabin of the aircraft being required for this purpose.