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These Airline Innovations Will Change the Way You Fly
Facial scanning, by-the-hour flight pricing, and flying cars from aviation-led venture capital groups.
Buy ticket, get on plane, try (and fail) to sleep, land: The basic nuts and bolts of flying haven’t changed since the advent of aviation. But this year, thanks to a handful of aviation-led venture capital groups, the finer points are evolving.
Last November, Air France and KLM announced Big Blank, an incubation studio that will identify tech-oriented growth opportunities for a network of five European carriers. IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, and Aer Lingus, also hosts regular pitch days for startup entrepreneurs through its accelerator, Hangar 51.