From reducing pilots' paperwork and plane fuel consumption to creating training efficiencies a tech firm has been flying high with some of the biggest name sin the business – now it has signed a deal with budget airline Ryanair.

Evoke Systems, based at Carleton Forehoe, near Wymondham, creates software systems which travel the globe. The Future 50 firm provides systems for airlines to streamline their training, safety, compliance and efficiency programmes. It counts FlyBe, FlyDubai, Monarch and Thomson Airways among its clients as well as Ryanair.

Chief revenue officer Elliot White said: 'With the demand we have got we should see sustained growth not just in our customer base but in our business as well.'

As the industry changes, towards low-cost and weight models, Evoke is hoping it will be well positioned to adapt to it.

Chief finance officer Mike Peters said: 'If you look at the economics of the industry it has become about budget airlines and our solutions help to reduce the costs for airlines.'

Safety is a priority in the airline business and pilots require regular updates to their training to keep them up to flying standard.

A major area of Evoke's products help companies to ensure their staff are up to date and to streamline the booking of flight simulators for training. Mr Peters said other systems are used to ensure the right amount of fuel is on-board, taking into account safety parameters, for both safety and efficiency reasons.

With aeroplane fuel expensive anything which can be done to reduce consumption, such as removing unnecessary weight, is important for carriers who oversee thousands of flights a year. With this in mind some of Evoke's systems have helped remove the large amounts paperwork and manuals pilots and cabin crew are required to fill in, replacing them with digital software. Mr Peters said Evoke estimated it had reduced weight by up to 60kg.

The firm has 18,000 daily users and estimates its software has been used on more than 450,000 flights during its 15 year life-span.

Evoke, which has a turnover of around £700,000, was created by pilot Mark Linney, now the chief executive, and chief technical director Dr Craig Howard with the aim of providing better information to the aviation industry.

Work has been picking up for the company which said it is going through its busiest time since its founding in 2009. It took on four staff members, including a new management team, in July, taking its staff total to 15, as it aims to continue growing.

With systems ranging between £10,000 and £30,000 per year many are designed to a customer's requirements. Mr Peters said: 'It is very much a relationship between us and our customers. We have some who have been with us for many years, they may have started with one module [within a system] but now they use up to 20.'

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