Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews.
Politicians in the Nantes region had been eagerly awaiting infrastructure improvements that would have met, in their view, the requirements of current traffic.
Energy is Safran’s main consideration for the new plant, with CEO Olivier Andries saying, “we want competitive, decarbonized energy under a long-term contract."
Olivier Andries says that with CFM56 operators still investigating if they have AOG Technics parts in their fleet, the full extent of the problem is not known.
