Airbus engineers devise unique travel pillow napEazy

This is the first time in the Indian aerospace sector that an internal team has been encouraged by the parent company to spin off as an autonomous organisation. The new company, UUO Innovation, was accelerated at Airbus Bizlab India, which will continue to support the market launch of the comfort kit called napEazy.

napEazy travel pillow is more than just a neck pillow; it is a multiuse comfort kit that flyers can use to sleep in different postures during long-haul air travel. The best part is, its usage doesn’t end at air-travel and it can be used while traveling in car, coach or train. The patented design was developed as an internal project by Airbus employees Pradipta Kishore Sahoo and Soham Narayan Patel at the Airbus India facilities in Bengaluru.

“International air travel is growing. So is the market for products that ease the pain of long-haul flights. napEazy is ergonomic and offers a unique resting and sleeping experience. The opportunity and guidance provided by Airbus to develop this product is invaluable,” said Soham Narayan Patel, CEO and Co-Founder of UUO Innovation Pvt Ltd.

“Airbus always seeks to foster innovation and entrepreneurship. India has some of the most brilliant engineers on the planet and we are proud that we could support two of our employees to become full time entrepreneurs with a thoughtful product,” said Suraj Chettri, Head of Human Resources, Airbus India and South Asia.

napEazy comfort kit is expected to be launched in the market by August 2019. Initially it will be launched globally on crowd funding platform KickStarter and IndieGoGo for pre-order and then across other e-commerce platforms.