OpenDay 2026 program

09:00 am - 06:00 pm

One-on-One Sessions (optional)

Discuss your performance and objectives with your Customer Success Manager.
Your CSM will organize the meeting time.

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Your dedicated appointment
with your Customer Success Manager
OpenAirlines Office 
31, rue Alsace Lorraine
06:00 pm - 07:00 pm

Free time

Explore the heart of Toulouse or relax and get ready for an unforgettable welcome party.

 

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Unwind & explore
Toulouse city center
07:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Campus Welcome Night at Le Couvent des Jacobins

Come together to celebrate the first night of the conference! Step into a magical evening at an iconic venue in Toulouse.
The Couvent is located right in the city center, making it easy to reach on foot.

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2026 International classmates
All attendees
Couvent des Jacobins
10 Pl. des Jacobins, 31000 Toulouse
08:30 am - 09:00 am

Welcome Breakfast

Enjoy a French breakfast buffet with fresh viennoiseries to start your day on a high note. 

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Bon appétit
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
09:00 am - 10:00 am

Keynote. Beyond efficiency: designing flight ops excellence

Beyond efficiency lies a new way to design Flight Operations where safety and fuel become one mission, powered by context-rich data, and a single workflow that removes duplicate tools and analysis. Supercharged with AI, the future of flight ops analysis unlocks data to bring pilots, safety, and fuel managers together around a single goal: flight ops excellence.

Alexandre Feray
CEO OpenAirlines
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
10:00 am - 10:30 am

Coffee break & Live Demo Booth

Enjoy a brain break, catch up with other members of the Class of 2026, and explore the product demos on display.

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Connect & discover
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
10:30 am - 11:00 am

Airline experience: Leveraging fuel efficiency without QAR data at American Airlines

Turning the challenges of launching a fuel efficiency program in a very large airline without QAR data into an opportunity for innovation.

Wyatt Greenwald
SR. Aircraft Operations Engineer, American Airlines
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
11:00 am - 11:30 am

Empowering the frontline at Pegasus: Turning data into action in flight operations

Operational efficiency initiatives become truly effective when frontline teams are empowered with the right tools and actionable insights. This presentation will share Pegasus Airlines’ experience in supporting pilots with digital solutions such as SkyBreathe MyFuelCoach, transforming complex operational data into practical decision-making support. By providing pilots with trusted information, personalised feedback, and clear operational guidance, airlines can foster a efficiency-conscious culture, strengthen crew engagement, and achieve sustainable efficiency gains across the operation. 

Deha Demir
Operation Efficiency Pilot - A320 Captain, Pegasus
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Airline experience: Adaptive Fueling - How UPS is reducing excess fuel burn without increasing risk

UPS Airlines is trialing Adaptive Fueling as a low‑risk approach to reducing excess burn caused by Zero Fuel Weight Error (ZFWE). This case study highlights why the effort matters, what early results show, and how small data‑informed changes can deliver significant savings.

Cheyenne Kessinger
Fuel Efficiency Supervisor, UPS
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
12:00 pm - 01:30 pm

Lunch

Sharing a delicious French meal made with fresh, local ingredients is the perfect way to strengthen connections and process all you’ve heard.

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Bon appétit
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
01:30 pm - 02:00 pm

FUEL TRACK

SkyBreathe® platform vision & roadmap

Discover the SkyBreathe® platform vision and roadmap, with a focus on Analytics, NewGen APM, and Emissions. We’ll highlight key themes and timelines so you can anticipate what’s next and align internal priorities.

Adeline Pailhas
Head of Product, OpenAirlines
Louis Meot
Product Manager, OpenAirlines
Guillaume Dumas
Product Manager, OpenAirlines
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
01:30 pm - 02:00 pm

SAFETY & TRAINING TRACK

Airline experience: What flight data did not reveal at first glance

With nearly four decades at Lufthansa, Arno Kumpf will reveal how looking beyond the obvious in flight data can unlock hidden operational and safety insights.
Arno Kumpf
Sr. IT Project Lead Flight Safety, Lufthansa
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue D'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
02:00 pm - 02:30 pm

FUEL TRACK

Airline experience: How do Air Caraïbes Atlantique and French bee implement idle factor in their operations?

At Air Caraïbes Atlantique and French bee, developing the fuel efficiency program is essential. The implementation of the idle factor in our operations has been an important step toward improving the accuracy of fuel consumption calculations in the aircraft FMS without increasing the flight crew workload. Our goal is to strengthen pilots' confidence in the fuel burn predictions both during flight planning and through the FMS, integrating the idle factor, in order to reduce discretionary fuel uplift.
Clément Cibot
Head of Flight Operations Engineering Department, Air Caraïbes Atlantique and French bee
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine
02:00 pm - 02:30 pm

SAFETY & TRAINING TRACK

CEFA vision & roadmap

Gain exclusive insights into the strategic direction of CEFA FAS and CEFA AMS. This session presents the roadmap, innovation priorities, and vision guiding the evolution of flight animation and instant debrief solutions for modern flight operations.

Dominique Minéo
CEO, CEFA
Carlos Ricarte
CTO, CEFA
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
02:30 pm - 03:00 pm

FUEL TRACK

Airline experience: Presentation of two initiatives at VCP airport, Azul's main hub

Discover how Azul implemented new approaches to its main hub and how the use of the new Custom Flight Indicators feature helped to go deeper in the analysis.

Juliana Paes dos Santos
Fuel Efficiency Coordinator
Marcus Bertato
Manager of Operational Engineering and Fuel Efficiency
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine
02:30 pm - 03:00 pm

SAFETY & TRAINING TRACK

Airline experience: CEFA AMS strengthening Safety Management Systems (SMS)

The American Airlines FOQA team rolled out CEFA AMS in July 2022. This presentation will cover the benefits seen so far and how they are leveraging the application to enhance safety and efficiency.

Viraj Patel
Manager Safety Data and Quality
Riley Hartwell
Sr. Investigator FOQA
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue D'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
03:00 pm - 3:30 pm

FUEL TRACK

From emissions data to declarations: Loganair’s reporting journey

This session presents how Loganair used the new Emissions module to prepare and submit its 2025 emissions declarations. The case study shows how the airline consolidated emissions data, generated compliant reports, and provided clear evidence for verifiers across CORSIA, EU-ETS, CH-ETS, UK-ETS, and ReFuelEU, enabling a confident and audit-ready submission process
Ross Grieve
Flight Efficiency Analyst
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine
03:00 pm - 03:30 pm

SAFETY & TRAINING TRACK

CEFA journey at Turkish Airlines: Turning flight data into operational safety insight

Flight Data Monitoring programs generate large amounts of valuable information, but translating raw data into meaningful operational insight can be challenging. This presentation shares Turkish Airlines’ experience integrating CEFA Flight Animation into safety analysis processes. Through practical examples, we will illustrate how visualizing flight data helped us better understand operational events, enhance internal communication, and improve the effectiveness of safety reviews and training discussions.
Captain Yiğit ATLI
Flight Safety Training Supervisor, Captain B-777/787, Turkish Airlines
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue D'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm

Coffee break & Live Demo Booth

Enjoy a brain break, catch up with other members of the class of 2026, and explore the product demos on display. 

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Connect & discover
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine
04:00 pm - 06:00 pm

FUEL TRACK

SkyBreathe® training sessions

Choose between the two proposed sessions depending on your familiarity with the software.

  • SkyBreathe® Analytics: Core features and must-know. Get (re)acquainted with SkyBreathe® Analytics key features through practical cases along a guided training.
  • SkyBreathe® Analytics Advanced: Ultimate edition deep dive. In this advanced training, you’ll discover the Custom Flight Indicators module and how to use it. Starting from FDR data, you’ll identify key flight events, retrieve and visualise custom indicators at those events on wide batches of flights.
Sigle-A-bleu
OpenAirlines
Experts
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue D'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm

SAFETY & TRAINING TRACK

Talk: leveraging normal flight operations to improve training, drive behavioral change and safety performance

Traditional FDM focuses on rare exceedances, while most learning opportunities lie within normal flight operations. This session explores how analyzing routine flights through detailed flight animation helps reveal pilot techniques, subtle deviations, and behavioral trends. By enabling immediate post-flight review while the experience is still fresh, airlines can strengthen pilot engagement, support training, drive behavioral change, and ultimately enhance safety performance.
Pierre Wannaz
Senior advisor, CEFA and, former pilot A330, A340
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue D'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
04:00 pm - 05:00 pm

FUEL TRACK

Sustainability Index 2026

Discover the latest edition of the Sustainability Index, by Roland Berger and OpenAirlines, which compares the maturity of four key decarbonization levers: fleet efficiency, operational practices, SAF, and innovation. Join this session to get the latest 2026 insights into aviation’s progress toward net zero.

Alexandre Charpentier
Aerospace & Transport Specialists, Roland Berger Partner
Didier Bréchemier
Aerospace & Transport Specialists, Roland Berger Partner
CCI de Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
07:30 pm - 00:00 am

The rooftop fraternity bash

Enjoy one of the most beautiful views of Toulouse with us, and have an opportunity to chat and network in a relaxed atmosphere. 

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Class of 2026
All classmates
Ma Biche sur Le Toît
On top of the Galeries Lafayette, 4-8 Rue du Lieutenant Colonel Pélissier 6e étage, 31000 Toulouse
08:30 am - 09:00 am

Welcome Breakfast

It's time to fuel up your body and mind for the amazing day ahead! 

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Bon appétit
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
09:00 am - 09:30 am

Panel discussion: Rethinking Flight Ops Training

Discussing how the training industry is moving from legacy procedure-based training to competence-based training to continuous digital training in the ops.

Speakers for the round table:

  • Greg Kappen, Former Sr. Director Flight Ops at Atlas Air
  • Cédric Coffignal, SBTA/EBT SME Training Manager at Simaero
  • Pierre Wannaz, TRI/SFE, Captain Instructor A330 A34
Round table
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
09:45 am - 10:30 am

Next-gen pilot app: a new, complete approach to flight efficiency excellence

Discover how putting the right app into pilots' hands can take flight efficiency to new heights. Along with demos and use cases, we will showcase how SkyBreathe® MyFuelCoach boosts engagement, empowerment, and fuel savings and how CEFA AMS enables proactive efficiency and safety through self-learning and continuous improvement. We’ll introduce the value of combining those complementary tools with a glimpse into a joint, intuitive experience, tailored for pilots.

Marie Gourvennec
Product Manager, OpenAirlines
Bruna De Souza Dias
Product Owner, OpenAirlines
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
10:30 am - 11:00 am

Coffee break & Live Demo Booth

Enjoy a brain break, take some time to connect with other members of this brilliant community and test new products and features of the platform.

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Connect & discover
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
11:00 am - 11:30 am

Insight session: coming soon

Abstract coming soon.
Stay tuned
Coming soon
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
11:30 am - 12:20 pm

Real-time insights for pilots: what is live today and what we are building for tomorrow

Learn about today's high market expectations for real-time support for pilots' decisions. Discover how the Direct assistant of SkyBreathe® OnBoard evolved to exceed them and provides pilots with actionable recommendations to fly more efficient routes. We will share user-built insights on cockpit connectivity, challenges of live pilot engagement, and what we see charting the way forward for in-flight optimization.

Marie Gourvennec
Product Manager, OpenAirlines
Greg Kappen
SR VP Business Development
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
12:30 pm - 01:30 pm

Lunch

Sharing a delicious French meal made with fresh, local ingredients is the perfect way to strengthen connections and process all you’ve heard.

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Bon appétit
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
01:30 pm - 02:45 pm

FUEL TRACK

Parallel workshop sessions

We suggest you choose one of the three proposed workshops based on your interests.

  • Leveraging high-fidelity replay to enhance flight efficiency for pilots.  Come and shape the next flight efficiency app for pilots! Exchange with peers on ways to upgrade fuel and safety self-learning for pilots, and combine the best features from SkyBreathe® MyFuelCoach and CEFA AMS to build a flight debriefing experience your pilot community would embrace.

  • APU reduction: behavior is the biggest lever. Share how you use operational data to identify avoidable APU runtime (and cycles) and influence decision-making through simple monitoring tools, feedback, and revised procédures. Discover how actions such as optimized APU start and shutdown can deliver valuable savings while maintaining safety and operational reliability.

  • How to change pilot's habits and mindsets. Share your experience around practices to get pilots on board with change. Exchange on the challenges when confronted with flight habits, concrete ways to introduce change positively, and how to measure their impact. You will return to the office with new ideas just waiting to be proven!

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Team work
with industry peers
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
01:30 pm - 02:45 pm

SAFETY & TRAINING TRACK

Workshop session: How airlines FOQA teams use 3D flight animation to improve safety?

Airlines will share how they use CEFA’s FAS in their daily operations, covering usage, measurable benefits, and how future developments could be co-designed with the community.

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Team work
with industry peers
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
02:45 pm - 03:15 pm

Coffee break & Live Demo Booth

Enjoy a brain break, take some time to connect with other members of this brilliant community and test new products and features of the platform.

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Connect & discover
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
03:15 pm - 04:30 pm

FUEL TRACK

Parallel workshop sessions

We suggest you choose one of the three proposed workshops based on your interests. 

  • How should briefing insights reflect the flight-specific operational context to best serve pilots' decisions? Minutes before block-off, pilots need meaningful data they can easily leverage and translate into operational decisions. Join to discuss the key indicators to provide pilots during Live briefing, how to consistently contextualize them with real-time and forecast flight conditions, and design the most impactful visualizations.

  • How to better plan and perform safe, efficient descents? From the top of descent to touchdown, the descent is one of the most complex phases of flight to manage. In this workshop, you’ll exchange experience on how to achieve safe and efficient descents from three perspectives: flight planning, pilot operations, and procedure design.

  • Mastering fuel efficiency at scale: how do you manage fuel efficiency as a group or as multi-fuel teams? Fuel efficiency in airline groups is complex and goes far beyond monitoring consumption. In this workshop, we’ll share experiences and explore together how SkyBreathe® can transform isolated efforts into a unified knowledge resource that drives collective success.

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Team work
with industry peers
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
03:15 pm - 04:30 pm

SAFETY & TRAINING TRACK

Workshop session: Animating reality for safety - lessons from real-life flight

A collaborative session where airlines share real-life experiences using CEFA’s AMS to replay flights, debrief operations, and turn real events into powerful learning opportunities for pilots and safety teams.

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Team work
with industry peers
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
04:30 pm - 04:45 pm

Coffee break

Enjoy a brain break.

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Connect
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
04:45 pm - 05:15 pm

Insight session: Do we understand the risks we are introducing?

It is often said that to err is human. It's true that failures can be traced to human limitations, but what's more important is that all successes, all safe operations are the result of human capabilities. This talk discusses the risks involved in focusing on error and ways to change the common narrative to recognize that people are the creators of safety rather than only the source of error and failure.

Dr. Immanuel BARSHI
Senior Principal Investigator in the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames Research Center. Member of the “Learning from all operations” working group at Flight Safety Foundation
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse
05:15 pm - 05:25 pm

Closing remarks

Alexandre Feray
CEO, OpenAirlines
CCI Toulouse
2 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, 31000 Toulouse

Open night

Tonight, the choice is yours! Whether you choose to wander through the enchanting streets of the pink city, spend time with industry peers you'd like to know better, or simply indulge in some well-deserved relaxation, the choice is yours. For those with no scheduled one-on-one meetings on Thursday, feel free to enjoy one last evening in Toulouse or depart peacefully for home.

 
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https://www.toulouse-tourisme.com/en/
Toulouse
09:00 am - 05:00 pm

One-on-One Sessions

Discuss your performance and objectives with your Customer Success Manager.
(Optional, your CSM will organize the meeting time)

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Your dedicated appointment
with your Customer success Manager
OpenAirlines Offices
31 rue Alsace Lorraine