Imagine every airline, airport, and travel company sits on mountains of data — flight routes, passenger flows, fuel usage, weather — but none of them can easily share or combine it. ICARUS built a platform that lets all these players pool their data securely (using blockchain to track who owns what), run advanced analytics on the combined dataset, and discover insights none of them could find alone. Think of it like a trusted marketplace where aviation data becomes more valuable when combined, but everyone keeps control over their own information.
Aviation companies generate enormous amounts of data — flight operations, passenger movements, fuel consumption, maintenance logs — but this data sits in silos across different organizations. Airlines can't easily combine their data with airport operators, weather services, or tourism companies to find patterns that would save fuel, improve passenger experience, or predict disruptions. The result is missed optimization opportunities and duplicated effort across the industry.
ICARUS built a multi-sided big data platform for the aviation industry, delivered through four progressive releases (Beta, Release 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0) with supporting documentation. The platform enables data exploration, curation, integration, and deep analysis using big data analytics, deep learning, semantic data enrichment, and blockchain-powered data sharing with access control.
If you are an airline struggling with fuel costs and route inefficiency — this project developed a big data analytics platform that combines flight data with weather, air traffic, and operational data to optimize routes for better fuel consumption. The platform was built with 13 partners across 6 countries and went through multiple release cycles including a final Release 2.0.
If you are an airport dealing with passenger congestion and wanting to offer better ground services — this project built tools for sophisticated passenger handling and personalized services at ground facilities. The platform integrates data from multiple sources to help you anticipate passenger needs and streamline operations, developed with input from 9 industry partners.
If you are a travel technology company looking to create better pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight passenger experiences — this project created a multi-sided data platform that connects aerospace, tourism, retail, and transport data. With 5 SMEs in the consortium, the platform was designed to be accessible to companies of various sizes.
The project received EUR 2,999,600 in EU funding and was classified as an Innovation Action, meaning the platform was built to near-market readiness. Specific licensing or subscription costs are not published in the project data. Contact the coordinator for commercial terms.
The platform was explicitly designed to handle data characterized by different velocity, variety, and volume — the standard big data challenges. It went through four release cycles (Beta, Release 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0) with supporting documentation, suggesting progressive scaling and stress testing.
The project was coordinated by a Greek SME (Ubitech) with 13 partners across 6 countries. IP ownership typically follows EU grant rules where each partner retains IP for their contributions. Licensing arrangements would need to be discussed directly with the consortium.
Data protection is listed as a core EuroSciVoc topic of the project, and ICARUS specifically addressed data provenance, data licensing, and data ownership as critical barriers. The platform uses blockchain-powered data sharing to ensure trusted and fair data exchange with access control mechanisms.
The platform was built as a multi-sided marketplace that allows exploration, curation, integration, and analysis of data from diverse sources. Based on available project data, four platform releases were delivered over the project's 3.5-year duration, suggesting a mature integration architecture. Specific integration timelines would depend on your data infrastructure.
ICARUS brings together 8 sectors: Aerospace, Tourism, Health, Security, Transport, Retail, Weather, and Public sector data. The consortium of 13 partners included 9 industry players, 2 research organizations, and 1 university across 6 countries, ensuring real-world applicability across these domains.
The ICARUS consortium is heavily industry-driven: 9 out of 13 partners (69%) come from industry, with 5 being SMEs. This signals strong commercial intent — the platform was built by companies that need it, not just academics studying it. The coordinator is a Greek IT SME (Ubitech), and partners span 6 countries (Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, UK), giving the consortium a solid European footprint. With only 1 university and 2 research organizations, the balance clearly favors practical deployment over theoretical research. For a business considering this technology, the consortium composition suggests the platform was designed with real operational needs in mind.
The coordinator is Ubitech (Greece), a software development SME. SciTransfer can facilitate an introduction to discuss licensing, integration, or partnership opportunities.
Want to explore how this aviation data platform could work for your organization? SciTransfer can arrange a direct conversation with the development team and provide a tailored assessment of fit for your use case.
