Aviation
Aviation summer experience with the Beacon fellowship
Note: The Beacon Fellowship focuses primarily on a business field called consulting, but this program is specifically designed for those interested in aviation and aerospace summer programs, internships, or internship-like experiences. Beacon Fellows in aviation programs are often not interested in the consulting element, but they participate in Beacon due to their interest in having a meaningful aviation resume experience. No business experience nor business courses are required to participate. The cohort of mostly undergraduate students will be made up of a mix of students from engineering and business backgrounds.
What is beacon?
More than just a study abroad program, Beacon utilizes an elite-tier consultant as the primary instructor, and learning takes place in a several-week, intense consulting project for a top aviation or aerospace organization, itself an impressive brand.
upcoming aviation projects
Madrid, Spain, Beacon Airbus Program, Summer 2024 (in person): This program will be very similar to the previous Airbus program mentioned below. Program dates and fees are accessible from the link in blue below.
Previous Aviation projects
Madrid, Spain, Beacon Airbus Program, December 2019, 2022 and 2023: Fellows consulted for Airbus BizLab and researched international markets for several innovative new product lines. Read about one perspective from a Beacon Airbus project in Madrid here. Note that Beacon is independent from Airbus, and Beacon is not itself an internship at Airbus, but is rather a program that is done together with Airbus, that essentially brings all the meaningful aspects of an intense internship in aviation while also being a study abroad program.
“It was a great experience as they got quite engaged and interested in the product itself. It was good to see the seriousness with which they worked. The project leader was a constant support to them for their learning. It was very professional and information-rich presentation. Everyone in the jury was happy and amazed to see the progress they made in such a short amount of time…The work done by Beacon Fellows is precious, and we will take it into our account for sure.” - AKSHAY GUPTA, INNOVATION ENGINEER | AIRBUS, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND CONCEPTS (XTC)
Barcelona, Spain, Beacon Vueling Program, Summer 2021: Fellows consulted for Vueling, one of Europe’s leading low-cost airlines and a member of the prestigious International Airlines Group, along with British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Iberia. Overall, Vueling operates 117 aircraft serving more than 360 routes.
Beacon Airbus participants during the program in Airbus’ Madrid office.
Beacon Fellows with the Airbus crew after their final presentation in the ProtoSpace at Airbus.