TY - JOUR A1 - Walter, Andreas T1 - IT-Assisted Optimisation of Fuel Consumption in Air Transport JF - Anwendungen und Konzepte der Wirtschaftsinformatik N2 - Aviation continues to be an essential means of transport for passengers and cargo. In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a collapse. In 2022 Europe was back up to around 85% of 2019 levels(EASA, 2022).In 2021 van der Sman et al. predicted an recovery to 2019 levels in 2024 (van der Sman et al., 2021). However, fuel savings and emissions reduction have become increasingly important in recent years. As part of a PhD thesis, possibilities for reducing fuel consumption by reducing the final reserve fuel were investigated. A smaller amount of tanked fuel required leads to a reduction in the transported (fuel) weight and, thus, a reduction in overall fuel consumption. This is because fuel consumption for a given route depends, among other factors, on the aircraft's weight. The more an aircraft weighs, the higher the fuel consumption. To keep fuel consumption as low as possible, carrying only the minimum weight required for the route in question is the most economical. Carrying more or even unnecessary weight increases the amount of fuel required and consumed in flight. The overarching research aims to explore and evaluate how to reduce the fuel carried by aircraft and, thus, the total fuel required for a given flight. The main focus of this paper is on the opportunities and challenges that have arisen with introducing new fuel regulations in European aviation regulations. Operators with appropriate safety levels can apply more tailored provisions. This requires the demonstration of the safety level. This is achieved by defining specific safety performance indicators (SPIs), compliance with which is then continuously monitored and evaluated during operation. This requires the collection and evaluation of correspondingly large amounts of data. This is only possible using appropriate IT applications. Example belowshows the amount of data that accumulates during flight operations. Recording, processing and saving pose a challenge in this respect. On the other hand, performance-based regulations allow for a more individualised implementation on and by the respective companies via the demonstration of a corresponding level of safety. Safety indicators are used for this purpose, which must be obtained and evaluated from various existing data. A large amount of data, which can only be collected and processed with the help of various IT applications, represents a challenge. However, companies can benefit from the corresponding advantages if they can cope with this. The following is an excerpt of the requirements and possible implementation, focusing on the amount of data and the associated challenges and opportunities. KW - aviation KW - fuel KW - emissions reduction KW - IT support KW - big data Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-18408 SN - 2296-4592 IS - 17 SP - 59 EP - 68 PB - Hochschule Luzern ER -