Tech Company Expands Reach as It Works to Reimagine Aircraft Fueling

i6 Group recently signed a deal to digitize fueling operations across Saudi Arabia.

Zach Vasile

Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:00 AM ET

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An employee of a ground service company refuels an aircraft. [Credit: Shutterstock/Karolis Kavolelis]

Key Takeaways:

i6 Group is a U.K.-based tech company digitizing the traditionally archaic, paper-driven process of aircraft fueling using cloud-based software to provide real-time tracking and mobile technology.
Their suite of products manages every aspect of fueling, significantly improving operational efficiency by reducing delays, minimizing invoice errors, and enhancing on-time performance for airlines.
The company operates in 220 locations with major airlines globally and plans rapid expansion into new markets, such as the Middle East (including a recent partnership in Saudi Arabia), and into other aviation logistics areas like deicing and catering.
i6 Group is cautiously integrating AI to identify inefficiencies and optimize scheduling while ensuring critical decisions, like fuel quantity, remain human-controlled.

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A U.K.-based tech company is transforming how airlines keep track of fuel for their airplanes, a process one co-founder said remains surprisingly archaic for many carriers and the airports and fuel companies they coordinate with.

“When we started, the goal was to bring real-time technology, mobile technology, to an industry that was very paper-driven, very manually processed across the world, and still is to some extent,” said Alex Mattos, chief operating officer at i6 Group. “Some places are very digital, some places are still paper and pencils.”