Spire Global Selected by Estuaire to Monitor Aviation Emissions

Ibadan, 15 September 2023. – Spire Global, Inc., a provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, have announced that Estuaire, a data firm empowering the aviation industry to reduce its environmental impact, selected the company to supply global aviation insights. Furthermore, Spire will provide its detailed aircraft positional data, as well as its Flight-Report, which aggregates hundreds of millions of daily satellite and terrestrial ADS-B positions into an easily accessible one-row-per-flight information enriched with all the flight and aircraft data for post-flight analytics and reporting needs.

Estuaire monitors and analyzes aviation emissions, including CO2, non-CO2, and aircraft lifecycle effects. In addition, the Estuaire suite of web applications supports airlines, lessors, and aviation lenders in measuring and reducing their environmental impact. By integrating Spire data into its products, Estuaire can provide precise and up-to-date analysis of flight routes, enabling the company and its customers to analyze aviation emissions.

Maxime Meijers, Estuaire co-founder and CEO, stated, “In order to measure the full climate impact of aviation, knowing real flight lengths, altitudes, and speeds is key.” The CEO further stated, “Collaborating with Spire has allowed us deeper insights into each aircraft’s flight data to better establish a foundation for our climate metrics based on actual aircraft utilization.”

In addition, Philip Plantholt, general manager of Aviation, Spire, stated, “Recent studies show that aviation causes 3.5% of climate change.” Plantholt further stated, “As travel demand increases, reducing environmental impact is crucial to the future of the planet. Through our data-driven collaboration with Estuaire, we are enabling precise analysis of flight routes, arming the industry with insights to make informed decisions towards a more sustainable future.”