Boeing Turns to Agriculture to Grow the Next Generation of Aircraft Interiors
Photo Credit: Still from a promotional film by Boeing. Boeing
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As the aircraft interiors market keeps growing, manufacturers growing their own sustainable components makes sense.
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We celebrate when airlines reveal new cabin fashions, but all those pretty interiors are hiding a dirty little secret: Their environmental impact.
The race for the space inside the fuselage is heated, with the aircraft interiors market at a historic high, estimated to reach $12 billion by 2016 with a compound annual growth rate of 8%, according to a report by Aircraft Interiors International Magazine. New interiors installed mean old interiors tossed out, and, as the interiors arms race escalates, the life cycle of those programs is also predicted to shorten. More frequent new programs mean even more interiors components destined for the heap.
To put the numbers in perspective, the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association estimates that the aircraft dismantling market will reach $80 million this year, and projects that this market will
