ZODIAC SEATS

Cirrus, commercial and media success

In February 2014, the directors of Air France resented Cirrus, the new business class seat. Over 2,000 Cirrus seats will equip 44 of the airline's Boeing B777 aircraft as part of Air France's Best & Beyond project. The presentation was made at the Issoudun plant of Zodiac Seats France.

Boeing has selected the Cirrus seat as a reference product to upgrade its B787 while Airbus has added it to the ACS22 catalog for the A350 XWB.

3 years of joint development with Air France

14 airline customers

7,420 Cirrus seats sold by end of August 2014

3,910 Cirrus seats on order

The technology road map for Zodiac Seats is based around a number of themes: (i) comfort, involving research on ergonomics and adapting products to the passenger's morphology, the man-machine interface, and cabin ambience (lighting); (ii) lighter weight, involving research dedicated to integrating lightweight composite materials into the seat structure as well as tablets, elbow rests, and so on; (iii) integration, to maximize cabin space using systems developed by other Group entities, such as airbags integrated into seats and galleys.

INTERNAL SYNERGIES FOR INNOVATION

The French and British teams at Zodiac Seats have shared their expertise - the French for business class and the British for first class - to develop Fusio. Unveiled at the Hamburg Aircraft Interiors Expo, where it attracted considerable interest from airlines, Fusio brings the refinement and elegance of first class to ratchet up the standard of business class.

GROUP SYNERGIES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE

For its customer Singapore Airlines, Zodiac Seats has constructed a joint maintenance offer with Zodiac Aerospace Services regarding all seats in the airline's Airbus A330 fleet. Zodiac Seats will upgrade the seats while Zodiac Aerospace Services in Singapore will be responsible for daily maintenance. The program will take two years, starting September, 2014.

SYNERGIES WITH OUR CUSTOMERS FOR A TAILOR-MADE SERVICE

Continuing the work commenced with Air France to optimize cabin flexibility for its Boeing B777 the Zodiac Seats teams have come up with solutions that enable the business class seats to be removed and replaced by economy class seats in record time.

²² Airbus Contracted Supplier

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