Thierry Dubois

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France Bureau Chief and European Technology Editor at Aviation Week

Editor-in-Chief at Aviation Week Show News

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Articles

Fuel-Efficient Sharkskin-Like Coating Gains Traction

4 days ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois |Graham Warwick

The AeroShark film can currently cover 40% of the surface of a Boeing 777, and Lufthansa Technik hopes to increase that to 80%. In the early 1970s, German biologist Wolf-Ernst Reif was studying sharkskin fossils when newly available scanning electron microscopes enabled him to discover small longitudinal grooves. He then found the same microstructures in the skins of contemporary fast-swimming sharks. When Reif spoke with...
Collins, Materialise Target Longer-Than-Expected Aircraft Service Life

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

HAMBURG—Seat supplier Collins Aerospace has introduced ways to refresh economy-class seats, while additive manufacturing specialist Materialise offers to build components on-demand for seat repair. Albeit independent, the two companies thus signal a growing need: Due to delivery delays from airframers, aircraft may stay in service longer than expected. Their cabins need to remain functional at minimal cost. Hence the expanding necessity to exchange worn-out or broken parts.
Airbus A220 Pilots Share Positive Feedback

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

The Airbus A220, In service since 2016, sports one of the most modern cockpits in commercial aviation. Many pilots describe its design philosophy—originally by Bombardier—as a middle ground between Airbus and Boeing, combining sophisticated automation with direct pilot control. Positive pilot... Airbus A220 Pilots Share Positive Feedback is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers.
Airbus Evolves HBCPlus Connectivity Offering

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

HAMBURG—Airbus is adding Amazon’s Project Kuiper and Hughes Network Systems as new bandwidth suppliers to its High-Bandwidth Connectivity Plus (HBCPlus) program, while planning future capabilities. HBCPlus relies on hardware supporting inflight connectivity supplied by different service providers. Airbus supplies the antenna and accompanying systems—for line-fit or retrofit installation—and selects bandwidth suppliers, called managed service providers (MSP).
Diehl Pitches Instant-Variable Cabin Wallpaper

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

HAMBURG—Diehl Aviation is introducing eDecor, an electronic wallpaper designed to change instantly the look of an interior, thus offering new possibilities in branding and cabin atmosphere. The introduction of eDecor is taking place as carriers may look for new ways to differentiate. In economy class, the quest for lightness is making seats similar in appearance and comfort. In business class, the quest for comfort and privacy is making layouts almost interchangeable.
Sustainability And Accessibility To Shape Cabin Design

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

Collins Aerospace has refined its concept for the accessibility of a personal motorized wheelchair. Unfazed by the new U.S. administration’s stances against sustainability and inclusion, the cabin interior industry is keeping those priorities on its agenda, committing to reducing aviation’s carbon footprint and making flight travel more accessible. Both themes dominated the Passenger Experience... Thierry Dubois Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997.
F/List Introduces Bizav's Natural Materials To Commercial Aviation

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

HAMBURG—F/LIST, a supplier of finish materials for business aviation, is offering wood veneer and stone for applications in premium cabin decoration, showcasing them here at the AIX cabin interiors show. The demand the Austria-based company is meeting shows the use of natural and waste-based materials is compatible with attractive cabin design. The passengers F/LIST has in mind fly business jets for short to medium-haul travel and resort to commercial aviation for long-haul.
Diehl Pitches Recyclable Overhead Baggage Bin

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

HAMBURG—Diehl Aviation has matured its Eco Bin concept for an entirely recyclable overhead baggage compartment, the materials of which can be reused to manufacture other cabin components, showcasing it at the AIX cabin interior show here in Hamburg. The technology readiness level (TRL) of the Eco Bin shows an increasing number of cabin components could make a significant and almost immediate contribution to aviation’s sustainability endeavor, if airframers and carriers were adopting them swiftly.
Daily Memo: Cabin Design Makes Slow But Solid Progress Toward Sustainability

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

Given their faster development cycles, cabin interiors could already be far more sustainable than the airframes they are installed in or the engines they rely on. Their designers could have adopted a cradle-to-grave approach for the seats, sidewalls, carpets, galleys, lavatories and—maybe with more difficulty—inflight entertainment systems. Smarter sourcing of materials could make reuse or recycling doable.
Stelia Pitches Rethought Rendez-Vous Business-Class Seat at AIX

2 weeks ago | aviationweek.com | Thierry Dubois

Stelia Aerospace has introduced a new version of its Rendez-Vous business-class seat, aimed at both business and leisure passengers and focusing on comfort on long flights. Featuring partition walls and two seats that can join to form a double bed, the new seat further blurs the boundaries between first class and business class, giving carriers options galore for the front section of their aircraft.