Sustainability and Environment
Dassault Aviation Intros Route Optimization Tool
App helped crews reduce fuel consumption by up to 7 percent on flights
Dassault FalconWays
Dassault's new flight-planning optimization tool, dubbed FalconWays, helps pilots fly the most efficient routes. Using the application, flight crews saw up to a 7 percent reduction in fuel burn. (Photo: Dassault Aviation)

Dassault Aviation has launched FalconWays, a flight planning tool that allows Falcon pilots to select the most fuel-efficient route. It also reduces excess fuel carried using real-time wind data, as well as optimization and performance model-specific algorithms. The app will first be available for the Falcon 6X, then for the 8X early next year, the 7X later next year, and the 2000LXS/S in early 2025.

FalconWays will be offered as a flight app on Dassault’s FalconSphere iPad electronic flight bag, and it is compatible with Jeppesen and Universal flight planning tools. The tool was trialed via a campaign of flights between the U.S. and Europe and across Asia, in addition to numerous simulations.