Fly your ideas - with Airbus
Objective
The Fly Your Ideas Challenge encourages students to activate their pioneering spirit and innovate for the future of aerospace. With support from Airbus experts, we want teams to tackle global challenges to create a safer, cleaner and better-connected world.
Description
About the competition
Fly Your Ideas is an exciting challenge and competition for university students across UK, France, Germany Spain and The Netherlands.
In teams of 3, students will tackle genuine key aerospace challenges by proposing their unique solutions using their latest academic knowledge.
Airbus will set three key challenges addressing Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, and Business Modelling. Teams will then choose one to answer as part of their submission.
Participants will learn new skills, grow their network and enhance their current and future employability. Teamwork, innovation and knowledge sharing are at the core of the challenge.
Challenges
- Business models- What else could be done with aircraft other than transportation? How can this revolutionise the passenger experience?
- Design engineering- How can artificial intelligence support aircraft design and/or manufacturing?
- Sustainable materials- How can the aerospace industry leverage innovative and eco friendly materials to enhance aircraft performance while minimising environmental impact?
Applications open soon for the 2025 competition

June 20, 2025
April 12, 2025
Public
Career
innovation
International
Management
Airbus
Undefined