The International Airlines Group (IAG)—a parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus, LEVEL, IAG Loyalty, and IAG Cargo, and a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub—has announced the list of companies that will join the ninth edition of its IAGi Accelerator program.
The list includes a total of 29 companies, 15 of which are focused on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies and sustainable fuel production (SAF). Together, these companies comprise the largest cohort of startups to join the IAGi Accelerator program to date.
In the announcement, IAG highlighted that the 15 selected CDR and SAF developers will embark on collaborations with its portfolio of airlines to develop solutions that can be scaled across the aviation industry.
The carbon removal companies to join the program are Airhive, Kairos Carbon, Mission Zero Technologies, and neo‑fossil.
They will be part of the early-stage accelerator group along with SAF developers Aether Fuels, CERT Systems, Circularity Fuels, Feynman Dynamics, Ki Hydrogen, Liquid Sun, Lydian, Neela Biotech, Oleo, and Sora Fuel, as well as electric aviation solutions company Ampaire.
Spanning across the US, Canada, the UK, China, and Finland, these companies will have the chance to work directly with IAG’s airlines, demonstrating the potential and scalability of their innovations.
Besides this group of early-stage companies, the 2025 IAGi Accelerator program will also work with 14 deployment-ready startups that will take part in a 12-week proof-of-concept test to evaluate their solutions in operational conditions.
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Established in 2016, the IAGi Accelerator has provided support to more than 120 companies so far, and its list of alumni includes companies like computer and AI airline optimization firm Assaia and SAF company Twelve.
Traditionally, once the program wraps up, many of the participants move on to extended trials or commercial contracts with AIG’s airlines, with some of the startups even securing investment from IAG’s corporate VC, IAGi Ventures.
This accelerator program aligns with IAG’s mission of supporting emerging high-potential solutions that could transform the carbon footprint of the aviation industry.
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