Article: Concorde cloud has silver lining for AerAzur: French company sees improved sales of high-tech fuel tank linings, after re-designing Concorde systems, following safety fears.(Rubber news)(Brief Article)

AerAzur, part of the Zodiac Group, sees continuing sales opportunities for its aramid Jr. fibre/fluoroelastomer fuel-tank linings, which helped Concorde regain its Certificate of Airworthiness after one of the aircraft crashed near Paris on 25 July, 2000.

The French firm's optimism is despite a recent decision by Air France and British Airways to withdraw Concorde from service this autumn due to commercial pressures in the airline industry.

"This technology will not be just specific to Concorde. There is other potential commercial business in civil aviation," according to Michel Roussel, an AerAzur official. For example, the system "will probably" be ...

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