Open Pitch Day

Open Pitch Day is an opportunity for start-ups and other companies to present their technologies to Fraport AG’s Digital Factory.

The goal of the event is to scout out innovative ideas on the market in their early stages and to pave the way for these promising solutions to be used by Fraport AG.
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To participate in the next Open Pitch Day, simply fill out the registration form. We look forward to your entry (deadline: July 1, 2025):

Fraport considers growth and sustainability not as a contradiction, but as inseparable foundations for a successful future.

To achieve this goal, Fraport is looking for solutions that:

  • promote passenger growth at airports
  • contribute to increasing the profitability and resilience of Fraport AG
  • ensure optimal utilization of capacities at airports
  • contribute to decarbonization goals
  • promote climate-neutral mobility
  • contribute to the reduction of Scope 1 and 2 emissions
  • improve energy and resource efficiency
  • create a sustainable passenger experience at airports
  • contribute to better management of partners along the supply chain

Fraport purposefully leverages innovations to delight customers and enhance the efficiency of businesses.

To achieve this goal, Fraport is looking for solutions that:    

  • increase process efficiency and reduce complexity
  • increase passenger satisfaction at airports
  • improve the food, beverage and retail offers for customers through innovative concepts
  • improve the service and quality level and thus inspire customers with innovative products
  • revolutionize the customer journey (e.g. for check-in, security checks, border controls and boarding) through innovative technologies
  • identify innovative usage concepts for existing infrastructure
  • improve the mobility offering and intermodal transfer experience
  • use AI to increase our apron processes and thus operational excellence
  • open up new markets and customer groups with disruptive technologies

Fraport is an employer of choice offering a diversity of opportunities and a sense of togetherness in a fascinating environment.

To achieve this goal, Fraport is looking for solutions that:

  • increase attractiveness as an employer and employee satisfaction, while keeping the turnover rate low
  • enable concerted recruitment management with a strong market presence and short process times
  • ensure structured talent management and consistent succession planning
  • promote the development and expansion of targeted training and continue education measures for employees in all functions and at all levels of the hierarchy
  • enable improved automation and digitalization of administrative and operational processes
  • reduce employee workload through AI and intelligent process automation
  • make a positive contribution in terms of culture, mindset and know-how transfer
  • support the introduction of attractive compensation and incentive systems
Open Pitch Day Challenge - Be part of it!

To the registration and the process description:

“Visionaries wanted! Do you have a pioneering idea about how an airport could look in the future? Something that we haven’t thought of yet. This is precisely what we are looking for: you, your ideas, technologies and business models. Register now and present us with your solution.”

Claus Grunow, VP Corporate Strategy and Digitalization

 

 

Discover the Benefits of Collaborating with Fraport

For more than a century, Fraport has been a leader in airport management and a mainstay in the global aviation industry.

As the operator of Frankfurt Airport, one of the world’s largest aviation hubs, Fraport’s expertise extends far beyond the borders of its home-base airport. Fraport is proud of the unrivaled knowledge it has gained through operating more than 30 airports around the globe and would like to share this knowledge with the world.

The Fraport Group’s long-term success is based on a culture of innovation and our tireless drive to continuously improve. It is precisely this philosophy that the Group aims to share and pass on with its Open Pitch Days.

Collaborating with Fraport not only gives companies access to an expansive network and a wealth of experience but also provides them with a unique opportunity to present and scale their innovative concepts here in Frankfurt as well as internationally. This partnership with Fraport’s Digital Factory – the center for digital transformation and innovation – provides the framework for successful solutions to be implemented in a collaborative setting.

The path toward digital transformation

Here we give you an insight into our digitalization and innovation strategy DAISY (Digitalization And Innovation StrategY) and selected projects of Fraport's Digital Factory.


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