“Thanks to AI, the airline saved 480,000 gallons of fuel in six months.”
When Greta Thunberg boarded a transatlantic zero-emissions yacht she garnered the attention of citizens of the world on the fact that aviation is a polluter of the environment that we continuously ignore. The giant industry is responsible for producing 915 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions along with other dangerous gases that cause environmental changes like cirrus clouds. These emissions constitute two percent of the world’s greenhouse emissions.
From the electrification of jets to biofuel many ideas have been suggested to make flying more eco friendly. The problem with these ideas is that they are just appetizers without main course. Most of these projects are either prototypes or in the pipeline getting developed forever.
Now, for the first time, to address major challenges, the idea of AI in aviation was presented at the Singapore Air Show. The Singapore Aerospace Association A*STAR, hosted the Singapore Aerospace Technology leadership forum (STALF). The conference looked at two areas of emerging technologies: Artificial intelligence and digitization of AI operations.
Air Alaska to the rescue
(Image Credits: Air Alaska)
Air Alaska became the first aviation giant to successfully implement the technology that would revolutionize the aviation industry. With a fleet of 320 aircraft, the company produces enough carbon emissions to take note. With artificial intelligence, the company aimed to solve managerial problems. The Artificial intelligence vendor, Airspace Intelligence visited the network centers of Alaska Airlines and observed all problems that caused the planes to consume more fuel and used them to build a development process for the airlines. Numerous trials were conducted on the planes that changed the business management of the airlines.
The company developed a 4D…