The airline industry is facing a growing challenge: how to fight climate change and move towards a more sustainable way to operate the aircraft. On top of these environmental concerns, fuel continues to represent the largest share of the airlines operating costs.
As fuel costs keep representing between 25 and 40% of total operating costs, every airline around the globe should have launched a Fuel Efficiency project or should be planning to do so soon.
Norwegian is one of the world’s largest low-cost airlines. In 2018, Norwegian carried 37 million passengers. The airline operates a fleet of more than 170 aircraft, with an average age of 3.8 years, making it one of the youngest and most fuel-efficient fleets in the world.
When we started working on fuel efficiency based on Big Data analytics, we involved airlines and especially pilots from day one.
Starting a fuel efficiency program is a challenging project: from setting up your fuel team to choosing a fuel efficiency tool to better monitor and improve your fuel results; there are many stakeholders to involve and challenges to overcome.
The implementation of a Fuel Efficiency Management...
Pilots are among the main actors to improve fuel efficiency since they are the one in commands when executing the flight.
That’s why this new series of articles focus on tips and tricks for fuel-saving best practices such as Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) or Engine-Out Taxi In.
In this...
Flight trajectories data is a gold mine for optimizing airline operations.
Indeed, many savings opportunities are possible for airlines around trajectories, such as:
Starting a fuel efficiency program is a huge project: from setting up your fuel team to choosing the right fuel efficiency tool to better monitor and measure your fuel results.
Setting up your fuel team is often the first step, but a successful fuel efficiency program can be effective only when all related staff work together and are fully engaged.
Fuel continues to be the number one cost for any airline, representing more than 30% of the total costs in most cases.
The good news is that fuel cost does not just depend on fuel price but also fuel efficiency. And when it comes to fuel efficiency, pilots are...
