AirGo Design

Lightest Long-range Economy Class Seats

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Aerospace
  • Location Singapore
  • Currency USD
  • Founded May 2013
  • Employees 10
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website airgodesign.com

Company Summary

Airgo Design was established in 2013 to commercialize the award-winning "AirGo" economy class passenger seat concept, specifically designed for long-haul flights.
AirGo’s Carbon seats are 7 kg/pax, i.e. 30% lighter than the existing competition in the market.
Our value proposition to the airline is 2 tons of weight-saving on single-aisle narrow-body aircraft, significant fuel cost and CO2 emission reduction and/or more cargo and longer routes.

Team

  • Co-founder and CTO

    Alireza graduated as the Frederic Barnes Waldron student of mechanical engineering from University of Malaya where he also serves as a senior scientist, leading international multi-million dollar projects focused on nanotechnology. Alireza's ability to integrate
    elements of art, science and engineering has earned him numerous awards and recognition including James Dyson Award 2012 for designing the revolutionary airline seating, AirGo.

  • Co-founder and CEO

    An experienced business lawyer, Maziar co-founded Scalado™, a world leader in the mobile imaging industry with imaging solutions on over 1 billion devices. At Scalado™, before it was acquired by Nokia in July 2012, he served as the Chief Legal Officer.

  • Co-founder and CFO

    Prior to AirGo Design, Mikko was heading the Business Development for Scalado, Qvantel and muvee in Asia. He was responsible for closing global licensing and distribution deals with multinational companies such as Nokia, Sony, Samsung, Qualcomm and Motorola. Before that, he served as an e Commerce Product Manager at Saunalahti.

  • CCO

    Over the last 20 years, Jere has held various senior executive positions in the industry with some of the world’s leading airlines such as Qatar Airways and Finnair. He was previously a director of sales at BCD Travel, the world's largest travel management company. Jere holds an EMBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and a travel consultant diploma from IATA.

  • Co-founder and COO

    Ali has earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry from University of Oxford (Oriel College). Prior to his post-graduate studies, Ali was a marketing research analyst at GFK Sweden and a scientific adviser (technology broker) to Axernutri Ltd. In 2013, Ali was recruited by University of Malaya to establish and manage UM’s first Industry Liaison Office, while continuing his academic career as researcher in Organic Chemistry.

  • Henri Holm
    Board member

    For more than a decade, Henri served as a CFO, head of Business Operations and Finance Director at Nokia where he successfully led the company's mobile phone and Internet communication market in Asia, Middle East and Africa. In 2011, Henri joined Rovio Entertainment as Senior Vice President . He has attended Harvard Business School's intensive executive Advanced Management Program. Henri is based in Dubai, UAE.

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