Patent ID: 8666638

Claim:
A method, executed by one or more computing devices, for reducing operational costs relating to fuel burn of aircraft for a multi-stop flight, the method comprising: receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, trip data including an origin airport, an intermediate airport, and a destination airport; receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, operational data including a fuel price corresponding to the origin airport, a fuel price corresponding to the intermediate airport, and a fuel price corresponding to the destination airport; performing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, optimization logic to determine an amount of fuel to upload at each of the origin airport, the intermediate airport, and the destination airport; wherein the optimization logic considers the fuel price corresponding to the origin airport, the fuel price corresponding to the intermediate airport, and the fuel price corresponding to the destination airport; and transmitting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the amount of fuel to upload at each of the origin airport, the intermediate airport, and the destination airport.