SkyBreathe

Core Features

SkyBreathe applies an operational, activity-based method: it starts from aircraft and airline-system data, normalizes it, and uses analytics to translate operational behavior into measurable emissions performance. That approach suits aviation because measurement quality depends on flight context (routes, constraints, and procedures), not just generic emissions factors. Its main features include:

• CORSIA & EU ETS reporting outputs: Copy-paste-ready reports aligned to standard templates for annual declarations.

• Data-gap alerting: Flags missing or inconsistent inputs (and highlights affected flights) so teams can fix source data before deadlines.

• Audit-oriented exports: Exports flights and alerts to answer specific questions during external verification audits.

• Custom dashboards and reports: 100+ out-of-the-box analyses plus custom report creation via OpenAirlines’ query engine tooling.

• Peer benchmarking: Optional Benchmark module to compare key fuel/CO₂ measures against anonymized community data.

• Real-time pilot assistance: EFB live assistants and cockpit tools that issue real-time notifications and recommendations.

Closing Insights

OpenAirlines was founded in Toulouse in 2006, and SkyBreathe entered the market in 2013 after years of R&D, reflecting a “flight-ops first” origin rather than a generic ESG reporting lineage. That background explains why SkyBreathe treats emissions measurement as an engineering data problem: extract structured flight inputs, find inconsistencies early, and produce outputs that stand up to verification. The Emissions module is explicit about this workflow—upload airline-system data, identify gaps, then generate reports designed for CORSIA and EU ETS templates.

SkyBreathe fits best where reporting is compliance- and assurance-driven: CORSIA’s MRV requirements apply broadly to international aviation and require verified emissions reporting, while EU ETS aviation runs on a formal monitoring/reporting/verification cycle. In practice, that means airlines operating international networks (and especially those flying to/from Europe) that need reliable annual submissions and an audit trail. Notable users cited by OpenAirlines include Air France, Norwegian, DHL, and easyJet. Pricing isn’t public; sales runs through demos and airline deployments.

A funding round by OpenAirlines in 2024 raised nearly €45 million which the company says will go into expanding its business across North America and Asia as well as broaden its SkyBreathe product portfolio with tools to help airlines with their ESG programmes, in light of evolving regulations.