One of the coolest news items to break during AU 2015 was the collaboration betweenAutodesk and Airbus to design and 3D print a groundbreaking new partition for the A320.

Partitions are certainly not the sexiest part of a plane (not that I have a particular opinion on what that might be… the undercarriage, perhaps? :-) but even they can have a significant impact on its performance and therefore the environment. Each A320 currently sports a 65kg partition at the back – separating the passenger compartment from the galley – that supports two crew seats and can be opened in medical emergencies to make space for a stretcher.