FUNDACION INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION INNAXIS

Their core work

INNAXIS is a Madrid-based research foundation specialized in air traffic management (ATM) analytics, complexity science, and data-driven aviation safety. They build simulation models, decision-support tools, and data platforms that help airlines, air navigation service providers, and policymakers understand and improve the European aviation system. Their work spans from long-term strategic forecasting (European travel demand in 2050) to operational tools like go-around prediction and flight dispatcher advice powered by machine learning.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2014–2018), INNAXIS focused on strategic coordination and knowledge infrastructure for European aviation — building roadmaps, knowledge hubs, and the SESAR transfer network (Engage, CAMERA, DATASET2050). From 2019 onward, their work shifted decisively toward applied, data-intensive tools: machine learning for flight planning (Dispatcher3), automated decision support for controllers (SafeOPS), and intermodal transport modelling (Modus). The trajectory shows a clear move from observatory and coordination roles toward hands-on, AI-powered operational tools.

INNAXIS is moving from studying and mapping the ATM system toward building predictive, data-driven tools that directly assist pilots, dispatchers, and controllers in real-time operations.

How they like to work

INNAXIS operates as both a project leader and a reliable consortium partner — they coordinated 3 of their 12 projects (25%), including their largest (SafeClouds.eu), while contributing specialist expertise in the remaining 9. With 47 unique partners across 15 countries, they maintain a broad European network rather than repeatedly working with the same groups. This makes them a well-connected hub in the SESAR/ATM research community, easy to integrate into new consortia.

INNAXIS has collaborated with 47 distinct partners across 15 European countries, reflecting deep integration into the SESAR and EU aviation research ecosystem. Their network spans universities, ANSPs, airlines, and aviation technology companies across the continent.

What sets them apart

INNAXIS occupies a rare niche: they combine complexity science and agent-based modelling with practical aviation data analytics — a bridge between academic ATM research and operational tool-building. Unlike large aerospace companies, they are agile enough for exploratory research; unlike universities, they deliver applied decision-support systems. Their progression from coordination/observatory projects to ML-powered operational tools makes them an increasingly valuable partner for anyone building the next generation of ATM automation.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SafeClouds.eu
  Their largest project (EUR 1.1M) as coordinator, directly addressing aviation safety intelligence through data-driven methods — the clearest expression of their core mission.
• SafeOPS
  Represents their most advanced work: fusing ANSP and airline data for automated prediction and controller decision support, showing where their expertise is heading.
• DATASET2050
  Their first coordinated H2020 project, tackling long-range European travel demand forecasting — established them as strategic thinkers in transport futures.