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5th Fuel Efficiency Seminar - Aerodynamic Audit Tool May 2016
5th Fuel Efficiency Face To Face

Meeting
Toulouse-Blagnac May 30th 2016
Dominique GAREL
Fleet Performance & Retrofit
Aerodynamic Audit
Tool for fuel efficiency
Aerodynamic Audit Tool

-
Helps operators to detect and evaluate
aerodynamic defects and to save fuel.
Cost for A320fuel

Additional Fam fora/c
A320 Fam a/c:
Spoiler 2
-
A 24 kg per year
24 Tons per year (16,000 $)
Step 1 cm
B 24 tons per year
76 Tons pertons
C 240 year
per year
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Assumptions
© AIRBUS Operations S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document. Fuel Price (US$ per US Gallon): $2.00 / Annual utilisation: 3,300 Flt Hours
Aerodynamic Defect Scope
Door and Flight Control Fixed and moving Surface damage and
Surface Rigging surface seals deterioration
Steps, leaks and gaps Gaps and leaks Dents, scratches, repair
patches and paint
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Overall Aero Audit Tool Functionality
Inspection
Airframe prioritisation
Define inspection list
what to inspect
and
Inspect airframe
how to do it and
Capture findings
In-service data
processing
Basic findings assessment
Estimate fuel penalty
for each finding Gather and exploit
findings data
Business case assessment
Evaluation Version
Identify optimum defect for A320 Fam
correction opportunity
Commercialized Version
for all programs
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Inspection Tooling
Inspection Tooling
-
iPad and some
one
basic measuring
equipment
iPad video
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Tool Workflow (Evaluation Programme Version)
iPad Airbus Server
Airline Maintenance Planning Maintenance Operator Airbus

Work Order (define audit content)
Carry out required inspections
Capture findings
Forward findings
Findings converted to fuel penalties
Analysis results presented to airline
users
Store results (as needed)
Review analysis results and decide on
defect corrections (which ones and when)
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Aerodynamic Audit Report
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Economic assessment (ROM estimate)
• Review of individual inspection and defect correction tasks combined with assumptions
on findings rate and time between defect occurrence and correction:
Inspection and correction parts and Annual fuel savings
labour costs
Cost/benefit:
-US$23K US$42K US$19K
per aircraft per year
Assumptions
“ROI” (time for defect cost to
Fuel Price (US$ per US Gallon): $2.00
equal inspection/repair costs):
Annual utilisation: 1100 Cycles / 3300 Flt Hours (3 hour average sector length)
2 weeks to 4 months Labour rate (US$ per hour): $100
Man-hour definition: Inspection and correction man-hours exclude access
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Planning
Development phase Evaluation phase Commercialisation*
Jan 2016 Jul 2016

*Commercialisation would allow:
• other aircraft programmes to be covered
• additional functions to be developed
• other IT platforms to be considered
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Airlines participating to the evaluation
26 Airlines
-
Representing more
than 1000
A320Fam a/c
You can join us,

evaluation will
continue up to
July 17th, 2016
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Aerodynamic Audit Tool May 2016
Evaluation in AFR – 10th May 2016, Blagnac
A320 (a/c age: 6 years): 6Y check
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Aerodynamic Audit Tool May 2016
Evaluation in AFR – 10th May 2016, Blagnac
Audit result: fuel penalty = 5.62 kg/FH

Penalty per year: 18 Tons of fuel (12,000 $)
58 Tons of CO2
Rectifications performed and corresponding fuel saving:

• LW & RW Spoiler 1 rigging: 5.29 kg/FH
• Wing surface flap seal: 0.05 kg/FH
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Assumptions
© AIRBUS Operations S.A.S. All rights reserved. Confidential and proprietary document. Fuel Price (US$ per US Gallon): $2 / Annual utilisation: 3300 Flt Hours
Conclusion
• Evaluation in progress:
• High number of participants:
• Good sampling of the A320 Fam fleet
• Confirms your interest for this tool
• Audits are starting smoothly …

• Need to include this activity in scheduled maintenance
• iPad provisioning
To move from evaluation to commercial product …

We have to demonstrate technical and commercial benefit of this tool …
For that audit and feedback from you are crucial
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Aero Audit Tool in Use
AAT Screenshots
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Welcome Page
User documentation icon

(present on all screens)
Synchronize to forward
completed audit findings
when WiFi connection
available
Aircraft registration is the

only mandatory field
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Overview Screen (no findings recorded)
Inspections divided by 4
aircraft zones
Touch a zone to move to

the Inspections screen
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User documentation: inspections overview
Image for illustration

purposes only
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Inspection Screen (no measurements taken) – Left Wing

Inspection
procedures in User
Documentation
Simple graphic
showing location
of measurement
points
Inspection List
panel (scrolling)
Finding capture
panel (scrolling) -
touch “Measure it”
icon to access
Finding Input
screen
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Inspection procedure in User Documentation – Slat Rigging
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Finding Input Screen
Findings can also

be recorded in
decimal inches
(tenths and
hundredths) –
selection via
Welcome screen
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Slat Rigging Inspection Screen (one measurement recorded)
Finding recorded
(can be revised at
any time before
final validation)
Icon to record
additional Findings
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Additional Findings Screen – Text Entry
Add annotations
and use iPad’s
camera to take a
photo
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Additional Findings Screen – Text and photo with annotations saved
Annotations added
by user
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Spoiler Seal Inspection Screen (two measurements recorded)
(All Slat Rigging

measurements
captured)
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Surface Defect Inspection Screen (fivemeasurements recorded)

Return to
Overview Screen
at any time
Each line refers to

a defined area
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Overview Screen updated
Figures refer to all

inspections for one
aircraft (quoted
time for illustration
purposes only).
When the required

inspections are
completed
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Audit Complete Pop-up
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Findings data being transmitted Pop-up
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Findings transmitted Pop-up
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5th Fuel Efficiency Seminar - Aerodynamic Audit Tool May 2016

5th Fuel Efficiency Face To Face

Aerodynamic Audit Tool

Cost for A320fuel

Aerodynamic Defect Scope

Overall Aero Audit Tool Functionality

Tool Workflow (Evaluation Programme Version)

iPad Airbus Server

Airline Maintenance Planning Maintenance Operator Airbus

Aerodynamic Audit Report

Economic assessment (ROM estimate)

Development phase Evaluation phase Commercialisation*

Jan 2016 Jul 2016

Airlines participating to the evaluation

You can join us,

Evaluation in AFR – 10th May 2016, Blagnac

A320 (a/c age: 6 years): 6Y check

Evaluation in AFR – 10th May 2016, Blagnac

Audit result: fuel penalty = 5.62 kg/FH

Rectifications performed and corresponding fuel saving:

• Audits are starting smoothly …

To move from evaluation to commercial product …

Aero Audit Tool in Use

User documentation icon

Aircraft registration is the

Overview Screen (no findings recorded)

Touch a zone to move to

User documentation: inspections overview

Image for illustration

Inspection Screen (no measurements taken) – Left Wing

Inspection procedure in User Documentation – Slat Rigging

Finding Input Screen

Findings can also

Slat Rigging Inspection Screen (one measurement recorded)

Additional Findings Screen – Text Entry

Additional Findings Screen – Text and photo with annotations saved

Spoiler Seal Inspection Screen (two measurements recorded)

(All Slat Rigging

Surface Defect Inspection Screen (fivemeasurements recorded)

Each line refers to

Overview Screen updated

Figures refer to all

When the required

Audit Complete Pop-up

Findings data being transmitted Pop-up

Findings transmitted Pop-up

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