Why Future-Flight Startups Fail, And What They Can Do To Avoid It

Sustainable Skies conference 2025

Sustainable Skies Future Flight panel moderator Dirk Singer, of SimpliFlying, left, with, from left to right: Alan Newby, Cesar Pereira, Intelligent Energy chief technology officer Chris Dudfield, Douglas Costa and Nicolas Jeuland

Credit: Angus Batey/AWST
From Lilium to Reaction Engines, Universal Hydrogen to Eviation, many well-funded aviation startups have struggled to deliver the breakthrough technologies they were set up to develop. Why is that? A discussion among a panel representing both large and small OEMs during the Sustainable Skies World...
Angus Batey

Angus Batey has been contributing to various titles within the Aviation Week Network since 2009, reporting on topics ranging from defense and space to business aviation, advanced air mobility and cybersecurity.

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