Le Bourget, France – June 15, 2015 – EVA Airways and GE Aviation have launched Flight Efficiency Services and are seeing reduced fuel use in EVA’s fleet of about 70 aircraft. GE is applying flight data analytics to provide business intelligence and actionable insight to significantly improve an airline’s overall efficiency.
“Fuel is an airline’s highest operational expense and we want to help our customers to reduce these costs,” said Alan Caslavka, president of Avionics & Digital Systems for GE Aviation. “EVA has realized more than a half million dollars in savings in about 10 months of implementation. We are excited about the partnership with EVA Air and our teams are working hard to help realize substantial savings over the next four years.”
Through its contract with EVA Airways, GE is providing consultation and evaluation services with the aim of reducing the airline’s fuel consumption and carbon emissions. GE is also designing and implementing custom solutions for EVA and performing on-going efficiency measurement.
EVA and GE aim to implement five flight efficiency initiatives this year with an aim to help the airline reduce its annual fuel bill, which is the largest cost component for airlines.
GE Aviation's Flight Efficiency Services is harnessing the power of the Industrial Internet and using software and analytics to make its machines smarter and more efficient. GE is using data analytics to identify ways to reduce operating costs, increase aircraft utilization and improve the business of flight.
EVA Airways
EVA Airways is the second largest airline in Taiwan, with a current fleet of about 70 aircraft comprising passenger and cargo airplanes including the Boeing 747, 777, MD-90, MD-11 and Airbus A330 and A321.
EVA is a part of the Evergreen Group and serves an international network of business and leisure destinations throughout North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia, including every region of Mainland China. Creative and innovative, EVA introduced one of the world’s first premium economy cabins in 1992.
About GE Aviation
GE Aviation is an operating unit of GE and a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, avionics, digital and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings.