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Article Southwest Airlines President: ‘If You Don’t Like Change, You’re Going to Hate Extinction’
March 12, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
We spoke with President Tom Nealon about how Southwest is working to address customer and employee pain points.
Article Uber Isn’t Joking About Flying Cars
December 12, 2017 | By Brian Steiner
Uber's Elevate initiative aims to launch a new fleet of electric aircraft that would carry a pilot and up to four passengers. We talk to two of the NASA veterans overseeing the project.
Article Transforming a San Diego Airport Terminal into an Innovation Lab
September 20, 2017 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Rick Belliotti of the San Diego International Airport, discusses partnerships, innovating in a regulated environment, and what it really takes to make airports better for travelers.
Article How Delta Prioritizes Innovation in an Operationally-Intensive Culture
August 18, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
It's hard to think of a more operationally-intensive business than air transport. In that environment, what role does innovation play? Matt Muta of Delta Air Lines shares...
Article How BMW’s Corporate Venture Capital Strategy is Changing
January 20, 2017 | By Scott Kirsner
Last year, BMW said that it would invest 500 million Euros in the next decade across the tech landscape and moved its US office to Silicon Valley. Find out what’s behind the changes.
Article Insights from Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab
October 3, 2016 | By Stephen Ellison
While it began as an R&D outpost in 2000 and later added a venture capital team, Honda's Silicon Valley site is now a full-fledged innovation hub for the company...
Article Shell and Thales Execs on Innovation Outposts
July 27, 2016 | By Scott Kirsner
Executives from Shell TechWorks and the Thales xPlor discuss what they hope to accomplish with their Boston innovation labs, and how they're being measured.
Article Airbus Exec on Seizing Opportunities Outside the Airplane
March 14, 2016 | By Steven Melendez
Markus Durstewitz of Airbus Group, talks about how the $67 billion manufacturer is working with suppliers, passengers, and pilots to make air travel more efficient. Includes slides...
Article How Thales Group is Chasing Growth with New Xplor Initiative
January 25, 2016 | By Stephen Ellison
Pete Roney of Thales USA says that the rationale for launching a new innovation effort was clear: The company wasn’t thinking creatively enough to keep up with its peers.
Article Powering Innovation in Rolls-Royce’s Engineering Culture
January 18, 2016 | By Steven Melendez
Hardev Ubhi of Rolls-Royce discusses how to to bring new tools and thinking into an organization that is understandably obsessed with safety, precision, and quality.
Article Alaska Airlines’ Lean Startup Test in Airport Lounges
March 4, 2015 | By Scott Kirsner
Two members of the airline’s Customer Innovation R&D team discuss a recent test of a new system aimed at delivering a more personalized travel experience.
Article United Exec Shares Idea Scoring System, Innovation Challenges
February 26, 2015 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Jason Flores of United Airlines shares his scoring system for employee ideas, and talks about the challenges of leveraging new tech…
Article How Heathrow Airport Clears Emerging Tech for Take-Off
August 18, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
London’s Heathrow Airport handles 72 million passengers a year. Amidst the need for operational efficiency, Richard Harding explains what the innovation team has achieved.