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 offers cloud-based software to digitize and manage the historically paper-driven and inefficient process of aircraft fueling, providing real-time data and a "single picture of the truth."
Their technology improves fuel efficiency, reduces fueling delays and invoice errors, and enhances on-time performance for major airlines globally.
The company is expanding its services beyond fuel (e.g., deicing, catering logistics) and exploring AI applications to identify further inefficiencies without compromising critical decisions.
i6 is growing rapidly, recently partnering with Apsco to digitize fuel operations across Saudi Arabia, and aims to significantly increase its global network.

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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.”