World Aviation Festival Day 3 launches in Lisbon with 4,500 attendees
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The World Aviation Festival 2026 Day 3 opened in Lisbon at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa on 15 October, drawing more than 4,500 attendees and featuring 600 speakers.
Amy Burr of Sky VC noted that only 7% of IATA member airlines have invested in start‑ups, citing KLM’s 44, United Airlines’ 25 and Qantas’ 18 start‑up investments; Sky VC itself has backed 17 AI and 10 clean‑technology start‑ups over the past decade. Suzanna Chiu of Amadeus Ventures said AI investment is expanding beyond booking into operations projects. EL AL’s director of global marketing and digital, Ofir Goldman, announced the EL AL Travel hotel‑booking platform, which generated more than 35,000 hotel nights and saw members redeem over 130 million points on stays in its first month. Tom Kelly, director of ground operations at Ryanair, reported that 240 million passengers have moved to fully digital boarding.