Dassault Aviation has launched FalconWays, a flight planning tool that allows Falcon pilots to select the most fuel-efficient route. It also reduces excess fuel carried using real-time wind data, as well as optimization and performance model-specific algorithms. The app will first be available for the Falcon 6X, then for the 8X early next year, the 7X later next year, and the 2000LXS/S in early 2025.
FalconWays will be offered as a flight app on Dassault’s FalconSphere iPad electronic flight bag, and it is compatible with Jeppesen and Universal flight planning tools. The tool was trialed via a campaign of flights between the U.S. and Europe and across Asia, in addition to numerous simulations.
Flight crews were able to reduce fuel consumption by up to 7 percent with FalconWays, which was developed in-house by Dassault Engineering and flight operations teams. The tool allows pilots to download worldwide wind information and combine it with imported operational flight plans, in-house performance tools, and vertical, lateral, and Mach-number-optimization data to recompute the flight plan. Falcons equipped with satcom can update the database en route on long flights to further optimize their trajectory.
“Our new FalconWays flight app is part of our company’s broader commitment to sustainable flying,” said Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Eric Trappier. “It will help Falcon customers reach a new level of operational efficiency while reducing aviation emission levels.”