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    Discover how we help airlines to accelerate their business, streamline their processes, and make the most out of their data.

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    aWall

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    aWall is the world’s only real-time dashboard, which unites field-proven live metrics and clear data visualization on top of a scalable and cloud-based business intelligence platform — exclusively developed for airlines, airports, and ATC.

    aFuel

    World’s biggest digital fuel network

    aFuel is the system of choice when it comes to digitalizing the operational fueling process. Due to its swift implementation and worldwide coverage of airports, airlines benefit right from the start.

    aWall

    Great success arises in real-time.

    aWall is the world’s only real-time dashboard, which unites field-proven live metrics and clear data visualization on top of a scalable and cloud-based business intelligence platform — exclusively developed for airlines, airports, and ATC.

    aFuel
    World’s biggest digital fuel network

    aFuel is the system of choice when it comes to digitalizing the operational fueling process. Due to its swift implementation and worldwide coverage of airports, airlines benefit right from the start.

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    Best Practices

    Dive in to an extensive world of information management and KPI best practices — tailored to the use of airlines and airports.

    Analysis

    In-depth analysis of the most relevant operational performance figures: On-time performance, regularity, flight volume — for both airlines and airports.

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    Numerous articles about how airlines and airports can benefit from information management, KPIs, and data.

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The aFuel Business Case

The benefits of aFuel are manifold and have been mentioned over and over again. Now, let’s have a detailed look at them to understand the impact of aFuel.

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Turnaround Minutes

The turnaround process is crucial for airline success. Optimizing the fueling process has been challenging due to changing suppliers and lack of universal standards. However, with aFuel, this changes completely, offering tangible benefits. The optimized turnaround process has two key aspects: shortening the overall duration and improving efficiency. A digital approach can reduce the fueling process time by an average of 25%, mainly through improved communication and eliminating unnecessary steps. As fueling is often the bottleneck, this reduction directly reduces the overall turnaround time. For example, with an average fueling duration of 12 minutes, aFuel can save approximately 1.68 minutes (3 minutes x 56%) for airlines where fueling is the bottleneck in 56% of turnarounds. It’s challenging to assign a specific monetary value to these time savings without considering subsequent process adjustments.

Small airline

(2.000 flights/month)

25% – 13 h/month

75% – 40 h/month

100% – 53 h/month

Medium airline

(10.000 flights/month)

25% – 70 h/month

75% – 208 h/month

100% – 278 h/month

Large airline

(20.000 flights/month)

25% – 140 h/month

75% – 418 h/month

100% – 557 h/month

Tankering savings

With aFuel, pilots can easily communicate with the into-plane agent, whether on the ground or in the air, for regular or tankering flights. This improves the stability of the turnaround process by providing upfront communication. In tankering flights, the ability to communicate in advance and make changes during the flight prevents unnecessary fueling and saves time. It also avoids additional costs associated with fuel truck approaches, which can amount to an average of $35 per drive. By using aFuel’s upfront communication feature, these costs can be easily saved. Additionally, aFuel offers algorithmic features for automated tankering forecasts and adjustments, further increasing savings. See the example calculation below for potential savings based on different airline sizes. Monitoring invoices and ensuring alignment with agreements is important for flights with no-fuel fuel orders.

Small airline

(240 tankering flights/month)

25% – 2.100 $/month
75% – 6.300 $/month
100% – 8.400 $/month

Medium airline

(1.200 tankering flights/month)

25% – 10.500 $/month
75% – 31.500 $/month
100% – 42.000 $/month

Large airline

(2.400 tankering flights/month)

25% – 21.000 $/month
75% – 63.000 $/month
100% – 84.000 $/month

Data Quality

aFuel revolutionizes data fueling quality by eliminating manual transfer of paper fuel slips. With aFuel, airlines receive high-quality digital data from every station and supplier, reducing back-office workload and enabling performance monitoring and process improvements. Real-time communication with into-plane agents allows for exchanging comprehensive information, recording preliminary and final fuel orders, and issuing detailed digital fuel slips. This enables airlines to create digital twins of each fueling process and obtain performance overviews at individual stations or across the network. By monitoring and comparing performance, airlines can identify top-performing stations and replicate successful strategies in other locations. The extensive and standardized fueling data can be integrated into overall turnaround analysis, offering immense potential for process improvements and enhanced stability. However, airlines must effectively utilize this newfound data to identify areas with the greatest potential for improvement.

Carbon Footprint

aFuel revolutionizes data fueling quality by eliminating manual transfer of paper fuel slips. With aFuel, airlines receive high-quality digital data from every station and supplier, reducing back-office workload and enabling performance monitoring and process improvements. Real-time communication with into-plane agents allows for exchanging comprehensive information, recording preliminary and final fuel orders, and issuing detailed digital fuel slips. This enables airlines to create digital twins of each fueling process and obtain performance overviews at individual stations or across the network. By monitoring and comparing performance, airlines can identify top-performing stations and replicate successful strategies in other locations. The extensive and standardized fueling data can be integrated into overall turnaround analysis, offering immense potential for process improvements and enhanced stability. However, airlines must effectively utilize this newfound data to identify areas with the greatest potential for improvement.

Backoffice Workload

aFuel offers benefits beyond the operational fueling process by improving subsequent processes through digital communication. One example is the elimination of media disruption caused by paper fuel slips and digital invoices. Manually inputting information from paper slips into the invoicing system is time-consuming, error-prone, and redundant. With aFuel, this manual process is eliminated as fuel slips are issued digitally and seamlessly transferred into the invoicing system. The standardized format and data quality of fuel slips from connected airports further streamline the process. This automation relieves employees from repetitive tasks and improves overall process quality. Additional automation possibilities can be explored based on individual airline needs. Eliminating media disruption is advantageous for back-office departments, reducing unnecessary efforts and enhancing process quality. With aFuel, airlines can eliminate another source of disruption and embrace fully digitalized and connected back-office workflows.

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