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AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
Connected Planning on the GroundDelivering
Fuel Burn Reductions of 2%
Gerard BerrySales & Marketing Director
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
Presentation Theme Introduction to Liberator.aero Airlines - Challenges & Operating Environment View from the Cockpit & the Ground The Liberator perspective Adopt ‘Measure to Manage’ principle Attitude is everything – Savings or Cost Reductions
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
The Company• Formed in 2003 and is owned and
managed by airline professionals with in excess of 100 man years experience
• Based in Dublin with IT expertise in Hyderabad
• Investment by Irish Government Agency - Enterprise Ireland
• Member of the IATA Strategic Partnership Programme
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
Airlines with whom we have worked
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
The Challenges for Airlines• Economic Downturn and Fluctuating
exchange rates.• Mergers and company consolidation
for survival• Managing costs in an ultra
competitive market• Order delays for new aircraft• Extending further use of costly older
aircraft• Shortage of pilots to match fleet
expansion
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
Operating Environment• Fluctuating fuel costs – airlines
have to re-examine ops processes.• Airlines are withdrawing own
staff from outstations• More airlines moving to
centralised load planning• Operational efficiency delivers
competitive advantage
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
The View from the Cockpit
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
• Flight Operations• Variable Cost Index / Aircraft Performance & Engine Health
Monitoring / Continuous Descent / Single Engine Taxi
• Design• Blended Winglets
• Innovation• Bio Fuel initiatives
Combating Fuel Costs – Current Initiatives
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
The View from the Ground up
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
• Maintenance • Engine Wash / Aircraft Wash
• Ground Operations• Aircraft tow to runway
• Conservative APU usage
• GPU upon arrival
• Culture• Cargo
• IT / Commercial / Marketing
Combating Fuel Costs – Current Initiatives
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Combating Fuel Costs – The final piece
Ground Operations• Weight & Balance
A source of 2% savings of the fuel bill
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
The Question…
How can we achieve cost penalty reductions of
2% of the annual fuel bill ?
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
Measure and highlight performance
in
Weight and Balance Management from a fuel
burn perspective.
The Answer…
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
‘Measure to Manage’
The Liberator.aero philosophy
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
Loading Efficiency & Weight Reduction• Airlines can do more to reduce fuel burn and costs by paying
more attention to aircraft loading for all departing flights from all airports.
• Target the measurement of ‘below wing’ performance• Planning Gaps – EZFW versus Actual ZFW
• Discretionary Fuel
• Achieve an optimised initial CG on the ground - Before the aircraft takes off.
Apply a US$ value to the inefficiencies / cost penalties that are identified.
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
The Focus• Create awareness of how loading increases costs
• Express cost penalties in US$ for each departing flight
• Highlight ground handlers role in Fuel Savings Programme.
• Include loading efficiency as part of Service Level Agreements
• Consistently deliver optimised loading
• Start at home base and roll out to all airports
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
LFI System
Data Requirements (Automated)
MVT/Fuel InfoLoadsheets
Flight Plans AHM560Web-based,located in
Dublin
Flight / Weight / Balance / Seating
EZFW / Required Fuel
Fuel on board - O/O/O/ITimings
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LFI SystemPerformance Monitoring
Tool
Finance &Budgetary
Pilots & Fleet Captains
All Bases
Flight Planning&
Operations
Load Planning&
Dispatch
ExecutiveManagement &
Departmental Heads
Ground Handlers&
Outstations Network
Air TrafficManagement
Sales & Marketing
Cargo
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
W&B Fuel Management Programme Steps
Evaluate and confirm Ideal Trim policy for each aircraft type Communicate loading policies to the loading community Monitor loading performance across the network Identify and fix any performance gaps Sustain effective loading performance for all flight departures Adopt a continuous monitoring programme to save fuel and
emissions
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
Carrying extra weight on board will result in additional fuel burn equivalent to about 4% per hour of the extra weight carried.
(Source: Airbus)
On a 7 hour flight for every extra 5,000 kg of fuel, it burns 1,300
kg of that fuel just to carry it. (Source: IATA Fuel Book)
Our own extensive research over the last three years has shown us that 66% of flights dispatched with a forward trim resulted in
higher fuel burn per block hour. (Source: Liberator.aero 2006-2009)
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
‘Measure to Manage’ - The Psychology of Airline Cultural Change• Respect for Pilots on issue of Discretionary Fuel
• Attitude of accountable business owner is key
• Requires opening up – ‘stand up and be counted’
• Deliver Savings – seen as a threat
• Deliver Cost Reduction – seen as an opportunity
• A collective challenge for survival
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
The Benefits• Target fuel cost savings of 2%
annually
• Save 3kg of CO2 for each 1kg of fuel
• Improved ground handling
• Increased fuel costs awareness
• Competitive advantage through
enhanced operational efficiency
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“Keep it simple but focussed. Starting from the ground up, use
technology to build a team approach to reducing fuel burn and emissions”
The Liberator.aero recommendation
AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008
Thank You