The Allplane Podcast #129 with Shashank Nigam (Simpliflying / Sustainability in the Air)

Sep 1

Written By Miquel

In this episode of the we welcome Shashank Nigam, who, together with Dirk Singer, has co-authored the Sustainability in the Air book series, two volumes that cover many of the most prominent entrepreneurs, companies and projects striving to make air travel cleaner and more sustainable.

Now, Shashank is no newcomer to the aviation industry. He is also the founder of Simpliflying, a firm that has been providing advice in marketing and sustainability to airlines and airports for quite a few years, and also runs the Sustainability in the Air podcast.

So, in a way, this is a bit of a special episode because you get not just one, but two sustainable aviation podcasters on the show!

With Shashank we talk about the second volume of Sustainability in the Air and what’s new in this new book, which focuses on how the industry is moving from experimentation towards execution and how the different players in the ecosystem are learning to collaborate. Global sentiment towards sustainable aviation has swung a bit with the volatile global political and financial situation, but, as Shashank says, sustainability is a marathon rather than a sprint!

We even had some birds singning in the background during the recording, quite apt for a podcast about sustainable air travel!

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Things we talk about in this episode

Shashank’s work in the commercial aviation space
Shashank’s books and podcast
Is the sustainable aviation space an echo-chamber?
What is new in Volume 2 of Sustainability in the Air
How the sustainable aviation industry is moving from experimentation to execution
Why collaborative ecosystems are important in sustainable aviation
Thoughts on the state of the sustainable aviation industry in 2025 and the different technologies being proposed