Katowice, Poland – 08.08.2025 – Wizz Air improves fuel efficiency by implementing StorkJet’s FlyGuide FPO (Flight Path Optimization) across its entire fleet. With the FlyGuide FPO module, pilots are supported with real-time, tail-specific recommendations for optimal speeds and altitudes during climb, cruise, and descent, delivered directly via FlyGuide EFB app. It provides clear, actionable guidance, helping pilots make better in-flight decisions.
Before deploying FlyGuide FPO pilots were using the FMS (Flight Management System) to determine the most optimal speeds and altitudes. As this technology originates from the 1990s, it is generic, uses simplified calculations and limited weather inputs, resulting in lower precision. It does not provide feedback to flight crews, leaving pilots to rely on manual decision-making.
With FlyGuide FPO pilots get real-time recommendations about speeds and altitudes, together with quick insight on alternative scenarios – including the cost difference when making other decisions. FlyGuide FPO uses highly accurate, data-driven performance models, high-resolution weather, and full integration of flight profiles using cloud computing. Pilots also get insights to understand why the optimum is where it is, what are the penalties if they cannot maintain it, as well as feedback after the flight.
That is why, during the trial period, 88% of Wizz Air’s pilots reported using FlyGuide FPO on almost every flight, saying it improved their situational awareness and provided easy-to-follow guidance. After more than 10,000 test flights, the results spoke for themselves: a fuel reduction of 0.5% to 1% per flight.
The implementation of the FlyGuide FPO continues a successful collaboration that started in 2019. From that time, Wizz Air has adopted the full range of StorkJet’s solutions, including AdvancedAPM (Aircraft Performance Monitoring for precise fuel planning), FuelPro (Fuel Efficiency Dashboard to save across 48 areas of operations) and FlyGuide (EFB App to support pilots in operational decision-making).
“FlyGuide FPO has proven to be a practical and effective tool for our pilots,” said Diarmuid Ó Conghaile, Chief Operations Officer at Wizz Air. “It fits seamlessly into daily operations, supports better decision-making in real time, and delivers real savings. We are pleased to work with StorkJet on solutions that bring operational benefits.”
„One of the key advantages of FlyGuide FPO is its ability to deliver tail-specific optimization directly to pilots in a clear and actionable way. This not only translates into 0,5%-1% of fuel savings per flight but also supports decision-making in real time. The fact that most pilots use it on almost every flight speaks for itself.” said Renata Niedziela, CEO of StorkJet.
With FlyGuide FPO now fully integrated across the whole fleet (including NEO and CEO models, as well as XLR), Wizz Air improves efficiency and gives its – over 2,000 pilots – better tools to make more informed decisions during every flight in areas that directly influence fuel consumption.
About Wizz Air:
Wizz Air operates a fleet of 237 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and low fares, Wizz Air estimates to become the preferred choice of 75 million passengers in 2025. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The company was recently named one of the world’s top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating agency, and named Airline of the Year by Air Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been recognized as the „Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline” within the World Finance Sustainability Awards in 2021-2025 and the „EMEA’s most Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year” by the CAPA-Centre for Aviation Awards for Excellence 2024.
About StorkJet:
StorkJet specializes in SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solutions and consulting services that help airlines enhance fuel efficiency and operational performance. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as Machine Learning, physics-based modeling, and big data analytics, StorkJet delivers advanced tools to drive measurable results with its comprehensive product portfolio, which consists of:
- AdvancedAPM, Aircraft Performance Monitoring for accurate fuel planning,
- FuelPro, which helps gain savings across 48 fuel initiatives from all flight phases
- FlyGuide, an EFB application for pilots, which helps them plan the flight in an optimum and informative way and gives intuitive feedback after the flight.
- The FlyGuide Flight Path Optimization (FPO) module provides pilots with optimum speeds and altitudes for climb, cruise, and descent, along with high-resolution weather data on the flight route.
It spans all fuel-efficiency domains and supports all aircraft types, offering unparalleled flexibility and making StorkJet your one-stop partner for fuel optimization.
