Information Design One AG, the Frankfurt-based developer of the aFuel digital fuelling platform, says its network processed 500,000 individual aircraft fuelling transactions in the first half of 2026, fully digitally, in real time and without a single sheet of paper. The company describes the figure as a new record for the platform and says it confirms aFuel’s position as a leading digital fuelling network for commercial aviation.

“500,000 fueling transactions in six months means more than a number on a dashboard,” said Julia Büchner, CEO of Information Design One AG. “It means 500,000 times that an airline received a confirmed, timestamped digital fueling record instead of a manual paper docket. 500,000 times that fuel quantities, delivery times and uplift confirmations were shared instantly between airline and into-plane agent with no phone calls, no faxes, no reconciliation disputes.”

The company says the practical effect has been fewer fuel-related delays thanks to faster digital communication, tankering decisions made from digital records rather than manual input, automatic invoice matching, and a growing body of data feeding the analytical layer that helps airlines and fuel operators improve their operations. Each transaction depends on three parties: an IT dispatch system provider integrated into the aFuel platform, an into-plane agent executing the uplift on the ramp, and an airline relying on the network to keep its aircraft moving.

In a separate statement, Büchner said: “500,000 flights is a number that should give the entire aviation fueling industry pause. Not because it is large, though it is, but because of what it proves: that digitalizing aviation fueling works, at scale, across airlines, agents and systems that were never designed to talk to each other. aFuel did not reach this milestone because we built clever software. We reached it because the right partners chose to trust in the network and develop it further with us. Every new station that goes live, every new partner that connects, multiplies the value for everyone already connected to the network. 500,000 is a milestone. But it is not a destination. We are just getting started and expect to reach over 1 million fueling transactions by the end of this year.”

aFuel connects airlines with into-plane agents and IT dispatch system providers across a growing global network, a structure the company says makes every new partner connection more valuable to all existing participants; the network’s expansion most recently included the go-live of four Portuguese stations in partnership with ebits and Petrogal. Information Design One AG, founded in 1996, says it is continuing its expansion through the second half of 2026 with further station go-lives across Europe and beyond, and is in active discussions with new airline customers, IT dispatch providers and into-plane agents to extend the network’s reach.