START-UP COMPETITION

 

Start-Up Competition, Thursday 15 May 2025

Luc Bondar
09:00

From loyalty to media to commerce: Innovating across the customer journey

Luc Bondar, COO & President of MileagePlus, UNITED AIRLINES
09:20

Reserved for Cirium

Panel discussion
09:40

Aviation opportunity across Latin America

Moderator: Jonathan Norman, Managing Director, Normanas Aerospace
Otto Gergye, Chief Commercial Officer, Avianca
Ken Pyatt, Deputy Aviation Director, Miami International Airport
Rana Ghosh
10:20

The transformation of Spirit Airlines and the evolving landscape of low cost carriers

Interviewee: Rana Ghosh, Chief Transformation Officer, Spirit Airlines
Panel discussion
Start-Up Competition
13:20

Cleared for take-off: Launching successful aviation start-ups

Vicki Nakata, Airline Venture CEO, Alaska Airlines / UP.Labs
Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, Partner, AE Industrial Partners
Giulio Ranucci, Head of Innovation & Digital, Aeroporti di Roma
Ed Wegel, Chair and CEO UrbanLink Air Mobility, Avi8 Air Capital
Larry Leung, Principal and CXO, Transformidy
Panel discussion
Start-Up Competition
13:40

Start-up pitch competition

5 start-up finalists (selected by judges prior to AFA)

Each start-up will give a 5-min pitch, then 5 min Q&A from judges (50 minutes total)

15 min feedback, 10 min deliberation, 5 min awards (30 minutes total)

 

Vicki Nakata, Airline Venture CEO, Alaska Airlines / UP.Labs
Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, Partner, AE Industrial Partners
Giulio Ranucci, Head of Innovation & Digital, Aeroporti di Roma
Ed Wegel, Chair and CEO UrbanLink Air Mobility, Avi8 Air Capital
Larry Leung, Principal and CXO, Transformidy
last published: 26/Mar/25 21:45
 

 

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