Applications are open!
Lyon Airport - one of VINCI Airports Innovation Centers of Excellence - and H7 are launching a call for startups, to improve the travel experience for airport passengers through innovation and new technologies.
15 startups will have the opportunity to present their solutions or services to Lyon Airport and VINCI Airports innovation teams in a view of potential collaboration.
Applications closure: October 27th
Laureates announcement: December 2025
Meeting with the team: January 2025
Would you like to work with Lyon Airport?
Stress-free
travel
Manage and occupy waiting time
Offer a memorable experience
Enhancing airport services
Offering innovative digital services, diversifying commercial and mobility offerings, encouraging decarbonization.
Applications criteria
The team
They worked with Lyon Airport
With Lyon Airport and its Innovation teams, we launched the airport's digital map. In just a few months, the solution was integrated into the airport's wayfinding kiosks, website and even mobile application. The Lyon Airport teams, who are both experts in their airport and digital domains, challenge us positively, enabling us to continuously improve our product to meet customer needs. This card adds a plus to customer service and enhances the passenger experience. This partnership has also opened up discussions with other VINCI Group airports.
With Lyon Airport, our ambition is to revolutionize passenger check-in for more autonomous, fluid and secure journeys. We're bringing them our technological expertise in AI and biometrics. This partnership challenges us in a fast-changing regulatory environment, forcing us to turn constraints into opportunities. We're learning a lot from this first experience with civil aviation.
Lyon Airport's innovation team entrusted FrancePlay with the design and publishing of its streaming platform. Our Lyon-based start-up, a member of the first class of H7, developed an inspirational channel for all airport users, whether arriving or departing. This collaboration has enabled us to implement new functionalities such as a dynamic offer of flights linked to the destination films on offer. This genuine medium, available all the time, on all screens and without subscription, has been a great success since its launch in May 2024.
During our time at H7, we had the opportunity to meet the head of innovation at Lyon Airport. This meeting led to a pilot phase of our technology at Terminal 1, followed by a definitive installation. The visibility of this project has been beneficial for our growing company.
A partnership for innovation in the region
Since 2019, Lyon Airport has been one of VINCI Airports' Innovation Centers of Excellence, dedicated to improving the customer experience. To imagine and build the airport of tomorrow, Lyon Airport tests and implements innovative solutions for passenger flow, customer care, development of new services, and contributes to their deployment in the network’s airports.
To achieve this, the airport uses innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital and Web3, robotics and automation and new forms of mobility and energy.
This call for application is part of a long-standing partnership between Lyon Airport & H7, which work together to promote innovation in the region.
Major players in the airport and innovation sectors
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