Air Transat to improve fuel efficiency with new software

Air Transat is acquiring a software program which will enable a more accurate measurement of the impact of all the initiatives in the company’s fuel-management program. 

The new software is being developed by Swiss company Aviaso and will help Air Transat further refine its program with the goal of reducing fuel burn by another one per cent, said Jean-François Lemay, Air Transat’s general manager.

The carrier’s fuel-management program, introduced in 2003, has enabled a reduction in fuel burn of five per cent. In 2014, Air Transat’s emissions were 7.76 kg per passenger per 100 km, a performance that earned it the award for Most Climate Efficient North American Net Carrier from the German NGO atmosfair.