The Allplane Podcast

Think of an aircraft as a blank, giant, 3D canvas, a space for creative expression… The livery is an essential part of any airline’s branding, in fact you may be able to argue what comes first, whether the livery or the corporate branding…this is one of the aspects of airline livery design that we discuss with our guest today. Edmond Huot is Chief Creative Officer at Allforward, a media and market...

Zvi Schreiber is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Freightos a digital platform that facilitates the booking of air cargo shipments. The idea for Freightos came up a few years ago when Zvi was managing a hardware firm that had to ship stuff from Asia to Europe and America and realized then that the process was far from smooth. When it comes to digitalization, the air cargo industry has lagged b...

In the third episode of our airline software series, produced in collaboration with SITA for Aircraft, we explore a topic that may sound familiar to the many of you that enjoy spending some time using flight tracking applications. It is paradoxical that, in an era in which you can monitor air traffic at any time of day or night at the tip of a click from your laptop or your phone screens, not all...

Within the world of executive aviation, there is an even more exclusive world, that of the large and very large business jets, airliners that have been converted for VIP roles. A leader in this very unique space, Comlux is a Swiss-based firm that operates from trading large executive jets, to operating them on behalf of its customers, to taking care of all necessary work for cabin design and fitti...

Today we continue exploring the key role that existing technology, and software in particular, can play in making aviation more sustainable and, generally speaking, more efficient. In the second episode of this 4-part series produced in collaboration with SITA for Aircraft, François Chazelle, will explain how, as chief commercial officer of Safety Line, a French startup acquired by SITA in 2021, h...

Airflow is a Californian startup has been racking orders for its 9-seater eSTOL aircraft, including in its amphibious version! So, I’ve invited its founder and CEO, Marc Ausman, to the podcast to share some insights about this very promising model and its market perspectives. Marc is a former US Navy pilot turned entrepreneur. He built and sold an aerospace technology company and has been involved...

Why the aviation industry remains one of the hardest to electrify? Is Lithium-ion the best battery technology for the job? What are the most viable alternatives? We will try to answer these questions with one of the leading experts in the field of battery science. Venkat Viswanathan is an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he leads a research lab focusing on aviation and tran...

oday on the podcast, airline entrepreneur Tomislav Lang is going to explain the concept and business model of Flyv, short for “Fly Virtual”, a new carrier that aims to leverage algorithms and hybrid-electric aircraft to provide a new type of air mobility service in Europe. Having managed, for a number of years, Swiss regional airline Skywork, Tomislav knows well the European air mobility space, th...

Our guest today, Vishal Hiremath, has been working in the aviation sector for quite some time and it was precisely during one of those professional assignments, at Honda Jet that he realized there was plenty of potential in this small but very capable and versatile aircraft manufactured by the aerospace branch of the famous Japanese firm. This led him to co-found Jet It, together with his business...

Of the many startups that are pursuing the goal of building an electric airliner, Wright Electric stands out. Instead of focusing on light or regional aircraft, Wright’s founder, Jeff Engler, has decided to aim at the core of the industry, the mid-sized aircraft market. Wright Electric is currently working to retrofit a 100-seat BAe 146 airliner with 2MW electric motors, but if all goes well, the...

Widerøe is a Norwegian airline that decided to proactively become a world pioneer in the field of aviation decarbonization. In line with Norway’s goal to decarbonize aviation as fast as possible , Widerøe started researching options to electrify its fleet. The intricate and beautiful geography of Norway plays in its favour, since many of the routes operated by Widerøe are short hops linking small...

Frédéric Aguettant is the founder of Helipass, a digital platform, based in France and operating worldwide, that lets people book helicopter rides at the tip of a click. The helicopter operator business is very local and extremely fragmented, so when Frédéric tried to book helicopter rides at various places around the world, he found the process extremely messy and frustrating. This led him to thi...

This four part series has been done in collaboration with SITA for Aircraft, a technology company that, among other things, helps airlines fly more efficiently through its suite of software products for airlines. If you have ever flown through an area of turbulence or an active storm you are already aware of how much of a hazard weather can be. At the very least, foul weather can mean a miserable...

What is happening in the world of advanced air mobility is simply fascinating, in some ways reminiscent of the early days of aviation: new technological possibilities that promise to completely transform the way we travel around. After decades of incremental change, one may be tempted to say we are on the cusp of an entirely new era of air travel…or are we? It looks like the advanced air mobility...

Things we talk about in this episode: -Jonathan’s background and experience in the sustainable fuels industry -What is sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) -What processes exist to produce sustainable aviation fuel -What are the pros and cons of each of these processes -What feedstocks does each process need to produce sustainable aviation fuel and how to source them -What are synthetic fuels and how a...

McKinsey is considered by many the top strategy consulting firm in the world, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it is keeping an eye on the fast-evolving air mobility space. Robin Riedel is a partner at McKinsey’s and global leader at the firm’s Disruptive Aerospace Sector, which is part of McKinsey’s Aerospace & Defence Practice. From this vantage point, Robin, who happens to be also an...

Things we talk about in this episode: -The historical background of aviation in the Balkans: -How Serbia had one of the first airlines in the world -The interesting story of JAT, Yugoslavia’s national airline during the Cold War -The breakup of Yugoslavia and JAT’s successor airlines -How Air Serbia reinvented itself after a deal between Etihad and the Serbian government -Why is it so difficult fo...

Californian battery startup Cuberg made headlines in March 2021 when it was announced that it has been acquired by Northvolt, the large battery manufacturer from Sweden. What did Northvolt see in Cuberg? Mainly the Li-Metal battery technology that Cuberg is developing, that is expected to deliver a 70% performance improvement over the current generation of Li-Ion batteries. This makes of the batte...

Things we talk about in this episode: -What is Falcon Electric Aviation -How a student-team developed this project -Who supports Falcon EA -What are the next stages ahead for the Falcon Electric Aviation Team

Things we talk about in this episode: -Maria’s background and her projects in sustainable aviation -Making sense of the Swedish and Nordic sustainable aviation landscape -Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Sweden: What is Flygreenfund? -Electric Aviation in the Nordics: which programmes and initiatives are there? -Why the Nordics are particularly suited to lead in green aviation -The role of Scandinavia...

Roei’s background and trajectory in the aviation industry The story of magniX: how this Australian startup moved to the US to become a leader in electric propulsion The different green flight projects that magniX is involved in How magniX motors powered the first ever all-electric commercial flight The new era of innovation in aviation France’s ban on short haul flights and how this affects green...

Things we talk about in this episode: The story of Dante Aeronautical & David’s work in the aerospace sector The clean-sheet electrical plane Dante Aeronautical designed Why Dante Aeronautical is now focusing on the hybrid-electric retrofit market Dante Aeronautical’s projects involving seaplanes, in Australia and Spain Prospects for commercial electric flight Next milestones for Dante Aeronau...

Things we talk about in this episode: -The story of PrivateFly -The story of 4Air -Can executive aviation be really sustainable? -How PrivateFly and 4Air work together to offset emissions -How do 4Air’s different tiers of environmental compliance work? -How new propulsion technologies can transform executive aviation -Can executive aviation be a testing ground for new green aviation tech? -Bitcoin...

How Jeff O’Neill came up with a disruptive idea for a next generation premium economy aircraft seat and crowdfunded its development. The Zephyr seat is a new two-level seat configuration designed for the premium economy class. In this episode Jeff shares his entrepreneurial story and the plans he has for Zephyr seat after having captured the attention of the public, media and investors.