Airbus trial opens door to geese-inspired commercial travel

Airbus fello’fly Validates Key Step Toward 5% Fuel Cuts

PR: Toulouse, France – 11 December 2025 – Airbus in partnership with Air France, Delta Air Lines, French bee, and Virgin Atlantic, and operations partners, AirNav Ireland, DSNA, EUROCONTROL and NATS, has successfully completed a new phase of trials for Airbus’ fello’fly project. Fello’fly takes inspiration from migrating geese and showcases the power of collaboration by pairing flights to reduce fuel consumption. With this flying technique, the …

Airbus trial opens door to geese-inspired commercial travel

An Airbus trial in collaboration with Delta, Air France and Virgin Atlantic has opened the door to geese-inspired transatlantic flights after describing the experiment as “successful”. On December 11, 2025, Airbus announced that the company had completed a new phase of trials for Airbus’ fello’fly project, which was established in 2019, to use migrating geese as a source of inspiration for flight innovation. Between September and October 2025, e…

Airbus completes successful wake energy retrieval trials

Airbus in partnership with Air France, Delta Air Lines, French bee, and Virgin Atlantic, and operations partners, AirNav Ireland, DSNA, EUROCONTROL and NATS, has successfully completed a new phase of trials for Airbus’ fello’fly project. Fello’fly takes inspiration from migrating geese and showcases the power of collaboration by pairing flights to reduce fuel consumption. With this flying technique, the first aircraft creates an uplift that driv…