Flight Strip Item: Fuel

Fuel

In the Flight Strip, the selected fuel price is displayed.

The panel contains following fields/functions:

• Manage Fuel purchasing process (Order, Release,...)
• Key fields: Into Plane/ FBO, pre-arrangement required, fuel volume brackets, and notes
• Uploaded Fuel Prices are available here and can be selected for the Crew Briefing
• There are two index columns that support your decision on where to fuel the plane by comparing the fuel prices to your home base

Copy Fuel Notes

If your crew decides whether to fuel up upon arrival or before departure, you can copy your Fuel Notes from the arrival to the departure Fuel Notes by using the copy button.

Copy Fuel Panel Information 

You can automate preloading all data included in the Fuel Panel from the arrival airport to your next departure airport.

To activate this go to Company Settings / Admin Operator Settings / Fuel / Fuel Settings and check "Preload Departure Fuel Data from Previous Arrival Airport"!

Main Fuel Index Setup 

Under Fuel Providers, you can use the Fuel Basis Airport IATA option (applicable for fuel import) if your data file contains more than one price index location. For example, there are DUS, LPA, and VIE indexes in the data file. If you want to set the main index based on your home base airport, you can set the one you want to apply in FL3XX.

Fuel panel info

The fuel panel offers a quick preview of key fuel data without requiring users to open the full flight strip. For each airport and selected fuel entry, it displays the fuel index when available. If a fuel index is not present, the panel instead shows the selected actual price, currency, and unit.

Specific Fuel Provider logic

Fuel Unit Handling during Import:

Default Behavior:

For standard import sheets, we consider fuel prices to be in US Gallons (USG), except for FL3XX, FUEL AND MORE, and AVIAA sheets.

For these specific sheets, we utilize the fuel unit preferred by the operator, which may either be USG or Liters.

Currency Conversion

The import process already handles currency conversion to the operator's currency for all fuel prices.

Each fuel template operates under specific guidelines. To successfully upload a fuel file, it is essential that both the headers and the file format align with these guidelines. Users can refer to the template structure provided below for assistance.

WFS (csv)

Note: If ICAO is missing the system can import based on IATA

Fuel and More (xlsx)

Logic: he airport match uses ICAO/IATA first, then FAA, ensuring all airports and their fuel providers are correctly updated.

Valcora (csv)

AEG (csv)

AVFUEL (csv)

Signature (csv)

New Toggle: US Version

A new US version toggle has been added to the Signature fuel panel.

When enabled:

• The system ignores the '/' symbol in uploaded file data.

• Only FAA or IATA three-letter airport codes are accepted.

• The Commercial Price field updates automatically from the Total column in the uploaded file.

This option ensures compatibility with the US-format Signature fuel files.

(See screenshot below for reference.)

Fuel&More Integration

You can upload your Fuel&More Excel Sheet to FL3XX in order to display current fuel price information here in the fuel panel, and also to use actual prices for the cost calculation of the flight.

See detailed description under Fuel & More.

Important:

When 'Auto Fuel Select' is enabled, the system will automatically select the lowest fuel price for a flight while it remains in SETUP status. Any new fuel price uploads will also be auto-selected for setup flights, provided they are added without activating the ‘Replace Fuel Database’ toggle (toggle OFF). If the user chooses to clear and replace the fuel database (‘Replace Fuel Database’ ON), the previously selected list price will remain, and automatic selection of the new lowest price will be disabled.