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What is your ETL connectivity failure actually costing your airline?

Enter your fleet details below. See the annual cost of single-carrier SIM dependency - and the ROI of SureSIM Protect as the back-up layer.

Enter your annual flight volume and the size of your Pilot and dedicated ETL iPad / iPhone estate to calculate the cost of connectivity failures and the ROI of SureSIM Aviation Protect as the back-up layer.

Your Fleet

iPad / iPhone estate details

100,000
300
Total pilot + dedicated cockpit iPad/iPhone count requiring back-up. Typical pilot-to-aircraft ratio: ~10:1.
Connectivity Failure Parameters
0.5%
Frequency of ETL sync failure requiring SD card fallback. Conservative default: 0.5% (1 event per 200 flights). Enter your own operational data when available.
40%
Not every SD card event causes a delay - many are absorbed in turnaround buffer. Industry estimate: 30-50% cause measurable departure delay. The rest incur a soft productivity cost only and are excluded from this model.
12 min
Median time to remove card, transfer to ground crew, confirm upload, return to pilot. Range: 5 min (clean swap) to 25+ min (data resync needed). Reactionary (knock-on) delay applies only to event duration above the 15-min turnaround buffer.
£65
EUROCONTROL baseline: £55–80/min (narrow-body). Adjust for your aircraft type.
75%
SureSIM is a resilience layer, not a guarantee. Not every airport or scenario has alternative network coverage. Default: 75% (honest working assumption - use your trial data when available).
Methodology & sources

Ground delay cost: Based on EUROCONTROL / University of Westminster Transport Studies Group, "Evaluating the True Cost to Airlines of One Minute of Airborne or Ground Delay". Narrow-body (A320/737 family) on-ground delay: €63–94/min. Default €75/min is a conservative midpoint; all-aircraft average is ~€100/min.

Reactionary delay multiplier (0.8×): Applied per University of Westminster / EUROCONTROL delay cost modelling methodology (Cook & Tanner). EUROCONTROL 2024 data confirms reactionary delay accounts for 46% of all European delay minutes - the largest single delay category. The 0.8× factor reflects average knock-on impact per minute of primary delay; actual impact varies with time of day, network density, and rotation pattern.

EU261/2004 compensation (Advanced): Applies when passengers arrive 3hr+ late. EU261 does not directly apply to a 20-minute ETL sync delay - this model assumes a % of ETL events occur during slot-constrained operations where knock-on effects cascade to a qualifying delay. Enable only if relevant to your operation.

SureSIM Aviation Protect pricing: £30,000 annual platform licence + £1.50/device/month. Converted to EUR at 1.17. Pricing correct as of May 2026. suresim.io/aviation

Disclaimer: Figures are indicative estimates based on EUROCONTROL published data and user-provided inputs. Not financial advice. Enter your own operational data for a more accurate result.

Annual ROI of SureSIM Aviation Protect
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Payback period: -
Annual Cost Avoided by SureSIM Aviation Protect
Direct operational delays -
Reactionary / knock-on delays ×0.8 above 15-min buffer -
Total annual cost -
SureSIM Aviation Protect - Budgetary Investment
Platform licence £30,000
Device licences (- protected devices × £1.50/month) -
Total annual investment -
Budgetary figures based on standard pricing as of 2026. Final pricing is subject to estate size, contract term, and configuration. Contact partner@suresim.io for a tailored quote.
SAVING Estimated annual saving
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Per protected device per year: -

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