Mon, Aug 22, 2011
Airplane Health Management Service Improves Airplane
Efficiency
Japan Airlines will expand Airplane Health Management (AHM)
coverage to its future Boeing 787 fleet. AHM is a software system
that monitors, collects and analyzes airplane data to give airplane
customers valuable, real-time maintenance information. This
information allows Japan Airlines to initiate the needed
maintenance immediately upon arrival at the airport gate.
Japan Airlines has 35 787 airplanes on order, and has licensed
Airplane Health Management for these airplanes in addition to its
existing fleet of 46 777 airplanes.
"The Airplane Health Management program has been helping Japan
Airlines optimize the reliability of our fleet of 777s, and it will
greatly support a successful introduction of the 787 into the
family," said Nobuhiro Sato, Executive Officer of Engineering and
Maintenance, Japan Airlines. "On-time performance is very important
to passengers and our goal is to continue providing our customers a
positive experience."
Japan Airlines was a developmental partner for the original
Airplane Health Management development effort and has used the
service continuously since 2005. The airline will use the AHM Real
Time Fault Management Module on their 777 and 787 airplanes to
communicate in-flight information to ground stations for diagnosis
and quick operational decisions by scanning troubleshooting and
historical repair data. Japan Airlines, recognized in the last 2
consecutive years as the most punctual major global airline, uses
the system's output to organize any needed maintenance operations
and put the right people, parts and equipment in the right place at
the right time for faster turnaround.
"Delivering real-time decision support information that improves
airplane performance has proven to be very valuable to our
customers," said Per Noren, vice president of Information Services
for Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.
Airplane Health Management is easily accessed through the
MyBoeingFleet.com portal. Alerts and notifications are delivered to
airline personnel through a variety of communication methods
including Internet, personal digital assistants, e-mail and mobile
devices.
Airplane Health Management is a key component in the larger
Boeing vision of helping customers succeed by transforming data
into information they can use in real time to operate as
efficiently as possible.
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