The investigation has not given grounds for hope that the seat will be returned and Matthew Nicholls, technical director, commented ‘obviously we’re hugely disappointed at the theft of this unique product, especially given the tireless amount of time and development work that went into creating the product. But our legal team is monitoring the situation carefully and are confident that the international patent and trademark will not be compromised, but we will be taking very swift action in the unlikely event that it does.’

The company, based in Leeds, are at the cutting edge of the British leather market, and stand for creative flair, product innovation and technical superiority.Yarwood Leather are shocked by the theft of their key exhibit from the Aircraft Interiors Expo Asia in Hong Kong last month. The Brice 1000 series seat trimmed with the company’s latest innovation SupaLite leather, which is half the weight of standard aviation leather, was taken sometime during the stand breakdown process.