The Crystal Cabin Awards is an annual prizegiving, with awards given to inventors and designers who’ve come up with bright ideas to improve daily life inside the cabin – for passengers and flight crew, and for the moneymen (and women) who look after the bottom line.

The gizmos that win awards this year could be on board next time you travel. So, what sort of devices should we be looking out for? And how will they change the way we fly?

One of my favourite innovations didn’t actually win a prize this year, but I feel sure it’ll soon be standard on every major airline. As frequent flyers know too well, carry-on luggage is a major headache. On crowded flights, getting everyone’s hand baggage stowed in the overhead bins takes ages, and this is an industry where every minute on the ground is dead money.