This transition is powered by SAIM’s Smart Asset Integrity Management platform, which centralizes asset records, inspections and maintenance activities, compliance documentation, engineering information, and planning data into one connected system. The Canadian rollout began at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in January 2026 before expanding to 12 additional airports throughout the country.
For Air Canada’s Frank Femia, Director of Fuel and Deicing Services and Renewable Fuels, the transition marks a significant shift away from the paper-heavy processes traditionally used to manage complex aviation infrastructure.
“I am an auditor and inspector as well, and the amount of paperwork we used to generate, it’s incredible.” Femia told Airport Improvement Magazine
From Disconnected Information to Greater Visibility
The feature traces SAIM’s roots back to a challenge familiar throughout aviation: critical information scattered across paper records, spreadsheets, and individual facilities, coupled with the risk of losing institutional knowledge as experienced personnel retire. SAIM was developed to address those gaps by bringing critical asset and operational information together in one place.
Mark Bourdeau, Fuels Specialist at SAIM, describes the result as a “single pane of glass” that transforms fragmented information into timely, meaningful data that operators can use for decision-making.
“Effective maintenance and capital planning start with knowing what assets you have, where they are,and what condition they are in. Without an accurate asset inventory and history,it is difficult to plan maintenance, anticipate replacement needs, or make meaningful financial decisions.” – Mark Bourdeau, Fuel Specialist, SAIM
Built With Aviation, For Aviation
SAIM’s aviation roots have shaped the platform from the beginning.
“It is true asset integrity management with a 360-degree view of your assets. SAIM grew out of Argus Consulting’s more than 30 years of experience designing and supporting aviation fuel infrastructure.”– Tina Lux-Boim, SAIM President
Today, that industry foundation helps connect the people, assets, tasks, and data critical to airport operations.
Read the full feature in the September issue of Airport Improvement Magazine to learn more about the digital transformation underway across Canadian fueling and deicing operations.
SAIM has officially begun its international expansion with its first Canadian deployment at Vancouver International Airport (YVR). This milestone marks an important step as SAIM prepares to support fuel facility operations at 11 airports across Canada by June, extending its platform beyond the United States and into a growing international footprint.
YVR represents a powerful first example of SAIM’s capabilities at scale. The airport’s fuel operations team manages a vast, complex environment that requires visibility across thousands of assets and multiple operational areas. With SAIM, YVR operations now has visibility into everything from critical fueling infrastructure in the tank farm to everyday operational equipment — down to lab equipment and smoke alarms — creating a single, trusted source of asset data to support inspections, preventative maintenance planning, and day-to-day operational decision-making.
Through SAIM’s Maintenance capabilities, teams can manage regulatory inspections, plan and document preventative maintenance, track work orders and associated costs, and maintain a complete history for each asset in one place — helping ensure consistency, accountability, and long-term asset performance.
After transitioning from a competitor system that was never fully adopted, the fuel operations group selected SAIM for its hands‑on implementation, training, and ongoing support to improve adoption across teams and shifts. As one team member shared during onboarding, “It almost seems too good to be true, but if you can deliver everything you have shown us in this training, it changes everything.”
SAIM is built to deliver on that expectation. Through close collaboration, ongoing customer success resources, and continuous platform development, our team works alongside operators to ensure the system delivers meaningful, lasting value in real-world operations.
The successful YVR deployment sets the stage for additional Canadian aviation fueling infrastructure rollouts and continued global expansion, supporting a broader shift toward more connected, data-driven system operations.
