Flight Comparison and Analysis
Monitoring flight efficiency is key to any airline's success. With FEMIS (Flight Efficiency Management & Information System), airlines can gain immediate access to in-depth operational information to assess the efficiency of their daily flight operations. FEMIS compares optimal flight plans against actual flight results, which enables operators to identify deviations and possible causes, and therefore potential savings. Applying information learned from analysis provides new ways to improve flight safety and increase overall operational efficiency.

Jointly developed and supported by Teledyne Controls and Airbus, FEMIS supports the collection, storage and analysis of operational flight data through a web-based interface. This allows operators of different aircraft types to easily sort and compare flight plan results in areas of operational, technical, ATC and environmental deviations. Those deviations, which highlight procedural and aircraft performance inefficiencies, can then be adjusted to establish a highly-efficient and cost-effective operation.

Flight Planning Management
As a powerful data mining tool, FEMIS gathers a wide variety of aircraft, fleet and operational performance data in a central database and translates it into meaningful information for analysis. This extensive information can be sorted by scheduled departure and arrival time, flight and aircraft, allowing operators to easily monitor flight planning accuracy, payload predictions, fuel data, and the cost variations associated with observed deviations. Analyzing performance results leads to better decision making when adjusting flight taxi procedures, fuel burn, flight scheduling and ATC negotiations for preferred flight level assignments, which results in more accurate flight planning predictions.

Reduced Fuel Consumption
Primarily designed to assist airlines with cost saving measures due to volatile oil prices, FEMIS provides comprehensive fuel-burn information for monitoring block fuel, alternate fuel, taxi fuel time, and fuel waste due to departure and arrival delays. Operators can also monitor the variations in fuel costs for different routes. The impact of fuel procedures alone can greatly affect the conservation and efficiency of fuel usage. It's critical for airlines to manage the most efficient fuel-burn rates possible, and by monitoring fuel processes and fuel burn rates closely, significant cost savings can be experienced.

Data Transfer and Analysis
When FEMIS is used with Teledyne Controls' Wireless GroundLink® Quick Access Recorder (WQAR), aircraft data can be wirelessly and automatically transferred to the airline's ground facility for immediate processing, allowing the operator to quickly identify and adjust deviations and improve the quality of their flight planning system.