10 April 2020:As a step towards fighting COVID-19, GE Aviation is offering free digital solutions to customers who are experiencing unprecedented hardship due to global pandemic. This includes the new fuel dashboard and the new data and analytics-based solutions.
What is the new fuel dashboard?
- It is a new type of fuel analysis that uses full flight data as its exclusive source.
- It helps an airline quantify the impacts of their operational behaviour by tracking the adoption rate of fuel savings practices and the fuel savings / emission reductions associated with them.
- It will be available at no cost for customers of GE's airline safety solutions.
"Customers have long trusted us to be their partner in safety," said John Mansfield, chief digital officer for GE Aviation. "With the digital fuel dashboard, we're looking to help alleviate our customers' operational pressures during these difficult times. We want to help customers reduce any costs possible and this is a way we can help lower their fuel bills and reduce emissions."
"GE Aviation provides digital solutions that empower airlines to improve efficiency and save valuable resources during this challenging period for the aviation industry," said Matt Renner, president of US Enterprise Commercial at Microsoft. "Microsoft Azure offers quick and scalable access to aggregate data, enabling customers to run flight analytics that improve operational decisions based on facts and reduce fuel emissions."
"Our customers need us now more than ever," continued Mansfield. "GE Aviation works every day to help our customers be more efficient and agile without ever compromising on safety. Microsoft Azure, with its strong enterprise capability, including global reach, scale and security are all important aspects to provide additional stability for our customers."
The GE's event measurement system (EMS), enabled by Microsoft Azure will provide operational efficiency and agility to the customers.