A tray table apparatus, comprising: a table carrier structure releasably mountable to a console element, the table carrier structure configured as a housing; an adjustment mechanism housed within the table carrier structure, the adjustment mechanism having a table support element movable relative to the table carrier structure; and a table element coupled to the table support element and together movable between at least a retracted stowed position in which the table element is housed within the table carrier structure and a deployed use position in which the table element protrudes from the table carrier structure, wherein the table carrier structure comprises at least a base plate and a front wall extending vertically from the base plate that together define a space behind the front wall, and wherein (i) in the retracted stowed position the table element is fully retracted and arranged behind the front wall and (ii) in the deployed use position the table element is guided through an opening of the front wall of the table carrier structure to extend from the front wall, wherein the adjustment mechanism is supported on the base plate of the table carrier structure, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises at least a latch mechanism having a latch device arranged on the base plate of the table carrier structure and a corresponding latch element arranged on the table support element, and wherein the latch device engages the corresponding latch element in the retracted stowed position of the table element, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises at least a latch release mechanism having at least a release actuation device arranged in an area of the front wall of the table carrier structure and a release cable connecting the release actuation device and the latch device, wherein the release cable is a Bowden cable. a table carrier structure releasably mountable to a console element, the table carrier structure configured as a housing; an adjustment mechanism housed within the table carrier structure, the adjustment mechanism having a table support element movable relative to the table carrier structure; and a table element coupled to the table support element and together movable between at least a retracted stowed position in which the table element is housed within the table carrier structure and a deployed use position in which the table element protrudes from the table carrier structure, wherein the table carrier structure comprises at least a base plate and a front wall extending vertically from the base plate that together define a space behind the front wall, and wherein (i) in the retracted stowed position the table element is fully retracted and arranged behind the front wall and (ii) in the deployed use position the table element is guided through an opening of the front wall of the table carrier structure to extend from the front wall, wherein the adjustment mechanism is supported on the base plate of the table carrier structure, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises at least a latch mechanism having a latch device arranged on the base plate of the table carrier structure and a corresponding latch element arranged on the table support element, and wherein the latch device engages the corresponding latch element in the retracted stowed position of the table element, wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises at least a latch release mechanism having at least a release actuation device arranged in an area of the front wall of the table carrier structure and a release cable connecting the release actuation device and the latch device, wherein the release cable is a Bowden cable.