Three Airlines Choose GE for Fuel-saving Service

This summer, GE (Chalet 142) will start implementing a fuel management solution with airline Swiss that will include “the analysis of flight and operational data to identify and prioritize fuel saving opportunities.” Swiss, EVA Airways and Zhejiang Loong Airlines all have new or ongoing contracts with GE Aviation’s Flight Efficiency Services for analytics aimed at saving fuel.

The service will allow the airlines to generate synergies with their flight safety and technical divisions since these areas will also benefit from the enhanced data analysis capabilities, according to Swiss COO Rainer Hiltebrand.

Applying such flight data analytics, Taiwan-based EVA Airways is already seeing reduced fuel use in its 70-strong fleet, according to GE. “EVA has realized more than a half million dollars in savings in about 10 months of implementation,” Alan Caslavka, president of Avionics & Digital Systems for GE Aviation, said. The two companies aim to implement five flight efficiency initiatives this year.

China’s Zhejiang Loong Airlines has also selected GE’s service to cut the fuel consumption and carbon emissions of its A320 fleet.