“In the past 15 years, I have been on a mission to help airlines build trust in travel”

Shashank Nigam

Shashank Nigam

Non-Executive Director

Key Skills

Leading the Future of Travel | Brand Strategy | Sustainable Aviation and Innovation

Qualifications, Professional Bodies, and Associations

  • Information Systems Management and Business

  • Management at Singapore Management University

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Experience

  • SimpliFlying has become the world’s leading aviation strategy firm in the past 15 years, yet it behaves like an agile startup. The team is 100% remote-based in Singapore, Spain, UK, Serbia, Lebanon, India and Canada – which mean SimpliFlying can provide airlines with a global and a 24/7 presence.

    Since 2008, they have worked with an enviable list of aviation brands but also built a unique work culture that appeals to the disruptors in the industry. They’ve been pushing the boundaries on social media, health & safety, and sustainability.

  • Started as a product in Jan 2021, raised financing in May 2021, hired a CEO in July 2021, and sold to a health-tech company in Mar 2022. 14 months from inception to spin-off to sale.

    At the pandemic's peak, the SimpliFlying team realised that airlines were losing customers by sending them to multiple third-party sites to book COVID-19 tests.

    A convoluted process that resulted in lower bookings in an already-bad travel climate. Hence, they launched a Booking Platform for COVID-19 testing directly embedded into the airline booking path, calling it Fit2Fly.

Career Summary

Shashank Nigam is on a mission to build trust in travel. He’s the #1 Amazon bestselling author of SOAR and earned his wings consulting for over 100 airlines and airports over 15 years.

He has Sustainable Aviation Fuel running through his veins and is widely considered one of the most entertaining and original speakers on the future of aviation, branding, and sustainability innovations.

He is the host of the top podcast on sustainable aviation, ‘Sustainability In The Air’ and has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, CNN, and The Wall Street Journal.

His pioneering book on sustainable aviation will be released in the autumn of 2023.

Hobbies and Interests

“I like to spend time with my wife and two young daughters. I have an eye for good design, loves to cook and play cricket whenever possible.”