[Avionics Magazine 07-14-2016] Boeing has struck agreements to provide advanced analytics solutions to six customers. The offerings aim to help customers increase efficiency and drive down the costs of operating more than 500 airplanes.
Agreements include:
• All Nippon Airways (ANA) signed a renewal contract for Airplane Health Management (AHM) on its entire future fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft. ANA uses AHM tools to monitor their aircraft in real time and manage maintenance operations;
• British Airways signed a contract for wind updates, currently installed on 88 airplanes with plans for additional fleet integration;
• Delta Air Lines signed an agreement to use AHM on its Boeing 737, 747, 767 and 777 fleets;
• GOL signed an agreement to use the Engine Fleet Planning and Costing (EFPAC) tool, which aims to reduce operating costs by determining specific engine management practices over the engine’s life span;
• Pobeda Airlines signed a contract to deploy fuel dashboard services across its fleet of Boeing 737s;
• Yangtze River Express signed a contract to use Maintenance Performance Toolbox Records with its fleet of airplanes. Yangtze River Express is the first customer in China to integrate the Toolbox Records service, which transitions the airline to all-digital maintenance records.