As part of its three year sponsorship deal with AT&T Willliams, technicians from AirAsia have visited the Formula 1 team's UK headquarters to explore potential aerospace-related synergies between the two companies' engineering departments. Areas such as component-tracking and suppliers were discussed, and the Malaysia-based low-cost carrier says that if the meeting is deemed a success then further co-operation is planned.
According to Motorsport Development UK - the public-private partnership tasked with developing the UK's racing car manufacturing sector - there are several links between F1 teams and the aviation industry. Williams is working with Airbus and Rolls-Royce to develop next-generation computational fluid dynamics technology, while McLaren-Mercedes and BAE Systems have a technical partnership.
Source: Flight International
