16 October 2008

Airbus launches international contest for students

TOULOUSE - Airbus is launching an international competition Ã¢â¬ÅâœFly Your IdeasÃ¢â¬~ for student teams worldwide to come up with innovative ideas to shape the future of aviation and help to enhance the sectorÃ¢â¬â¢s eco-efficiency.

The objective: creating more value with less impact on the environment.

The competition is open to college and university students from around the world, studying a degree, Masters or PhD in any academic discipline, from engineering to marketing, business to science and philosophy to design.

The proposals can look at a wide range of topics including new materials, products and/or processes as well as aircraft performance, manufacturing and organisational and operational performance.

A top prize of Ã¢'š~¬30,000 is offered to the team whose idea demonstrates the greatest potential for improvement. The teams will advance through different competitive and challenging rounds, concluding with a live final at the Le Bourget Airshow in June 2009.

Ã¢â¬ÅâœThe Fly Your Ideas competition gives students the opportunity to work with Airbus. Together we can share fresh and innovative ideas and thus shape the future of aviationÃ¢â¬~, said Tom Enders, President and CEO of Airbus.

More about the competition at: www.airbus-fyi.com.