aaco 5 th technical forum – cairo 10-13 november 2008 connected planning on the ground delivering...

AACO 5th Technical Forum – Cairo 10-13 November 2008

Connected Planning on the GroundDelivering

Fuel Burn Reductions of 2%

Gerard BerrySales & Marketing Director


Presentation Theme Introduction to Liberator.aero Airlines - Challenges & Operating Environment View from the Cockpit & the Ground The Liberator perspective

• The Liberator Fuel Index System (LFI)

Adopt ‘Measure to Manage’ principle Attitude is everything – ‘Savings or Cost

Reductions’


Company Profile• 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.

• Developed LFI System in 2006 and have just recently deployed Version 3.


Airlines with whom we have worked


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


Operating Environment• Fluctuating fuel costs – airlines

have to re-examine ops processes.• Airlines are withdrawing own

staff from outstations.o Impact on Service Levels

• More airlines considering moving to centralised load planning

• Operational efficiency delivers competitive advantage.


The View from the Cockpit


• Flight Operations• Variable Cost Index / Aircraft Performance & Engine Health

Monitoring / Continuous Descent / Single Engine Taxi / Alternate Route Selection

• Design• Blended Winglets

• Innovation• Bio Fuel initiatives

Combating Fuel Costs – Current Initiatives


The View from the Ground up


• Maintenance • Engine Wash / Aircraft Wash

• Ground Operations• Aircraft tow to runway

• Preferred Parking Stands

• Conservative APU usage

• GPU upon arrival

Combating Fuel Costs – Current Initiatives


Combating Fuel Costs – The final piece

Ground Operations• Weight & Balance

2% Savings of Fuel Costs


The Question…

How can we achieve cost penalty reductions of

2% of the annual fuel bill ?


• Measure and highlight performance in Weight and Balance management from a fuel burn perspective.

• Managing the Cultural Changeo Load Control / Cargo

o ICT / Commercial / Marketing

The Answer…


‘Measure to Manage’

The Liberator.aero philosophy


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.


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 – Outstations / 3rd party Handling Agents

• Consistently deliver optimised loading

• Start at home base and roll out to all airports


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


LFI System

Web-based

Graphical Reports

MarketingLoad/Underload Factors,Missed revenue opportunitiesFuel Surcharge verification

OperationalFuel Usage, Planning Gaps,Trends Identification & Analysis, Departure Station Performance Analysis

FinancialCG & Weight Cost Penalties,Savings Potential

Dublin

CO2 EmissionsPer Pax / Flight


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


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


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 2006-2008)


‘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


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


“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


Thank You

aaco 5 th technical forum – cairo 10-13 november 2008 connected planning on the ground delivering...

Documents

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cockpit slide

answer slide

philosophy slide

savings of fuel costs

fleet expansion slide

fuel costs current initiatives

fuel burn reductions