Delta Air Lines has partnered with LinkedIn to connect today’s high-profile influencers with business leaders of tomorrow at 35,000 feet. This unique program, called Innovation Class, offers LinkedIn members the opportunity to meet and fly with select industry leaders on designated flights. By combining LinkedIn’s ability to build digital connections with Delta’s ability to make physical ones, Delta enables this shared audience to meet, exchange ideas, and find new opportunities.

Now in its fourth iteration, Delta has introduced its latest mentor​, Ryan Lewis of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis​,​​ Billboard magazine's "Producer of the Year," a video director, and a four-time GRAMMY® winner. You can apply here f​​​​or a chance to share ideas with one of music’s most influential producers while flying to the 57th GRAMMY Awards®. Watch Ryan Lewis talk about being an Innovation Class mentor and his path to the music industry in the latest teaser video.

Delta’s first Innovation Class in-flight pairing introduced James Patten, CEO of Patten Studio, to influential technologist Eric Migicovsky, CEO of Pebble Technology on a flight from Salt Lake City to Vancouver to a TED Conference. The second flight brought chef Sean Brock and Minneapolis restaurateur Irina Vishnevskaya together on a flight to the James Beard Awards in New York City.  And just this past summer, Gilt and Glam squad co-founder Alexandra Wilkis Wilson sat side-by-side with Mary Vincent, a wearable-tech entrepreneur, on their way to Tech Crunch Disrupt in San Francisco.