Patent ID: 9002629
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method, executed by one or more computing devices, for reducing operational costs relating to fuel burn of aircraft, the method comprising: receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, trip data including a plurality of airports, the plurality of airports including an origin airport, a destination airport, and one or more potential intermediate airports; receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, operational data including a fuel price corresponding to each airport in the plurality of airports; calculating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, one or more fuel burn amounts corresponding to the one or more potential intermediate airports, wherein each of the one or more fuel burn amounts corresponds to an amount of fuel required to stop at the corresponding potential intermediate airport; and determining, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, an amount of fuel to upload at each of the origin airport, the destination airport, and at least one of the one or more potential intermediate airports based at least in part on the operational data and the one or more fuel burn amounts.