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JAL Becomes
First Customer to Fully Implement Airplane Health Management
News Source : Boeing Korea
Seoul, Dec 12 2005 (Korea Newswire)--
Japan Airlines (JAL) has become the first customer to fully
implement an innovative in-flight monitoring system from
Boeing [NYSE: BA] that will help it operate at peak levels
of safety, reliability and efficiency.
JAL is implementing Airplane Health Management (AHM), a new
data-monitoring and prognostic service developed by Boeing
Commercial Aviation Services. AHM monitors the health of an
airplane in flight and relays that information in real time
from the air to the ground. When the airplane arrives at the
gate, maintenance crews are ready to make any needed repairs
quickly.
A development partner since spring 2004, JAL began using the
system to monitor half its Boeing 747-400 and 777 fleets.
Since then, it has extended the system to cover all of its
747-400s and 777s.
"We are absolutely thrilled to have JAL as our first fully
operational AHM customer,” said Lou Mancini, vice president
and general manager of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services.
“Having such a well-regarded, technically capable airline as
a development partner was crucial to making this program a
technical success; having them as the first full customer is
a great validation of this game-changing technology.”
During a flight, AHM gathers data about systems on the
airplane and relays that in real time to personnel on the
ground. Based on that data, maintenance crews can be ready
to make repairs when the airplane arrives at its airport
gate. AHM can therefore help operators reduce the number and
length of airplane dispatch delays and convert certain tasks
from non-routine to scheduled maintenance.
In addition, AHM will support long-term fleet reliability
programs by helping airlines identify recurring faults and
trends.
AHM is a key technology in Boeing’s effort to e-Enable the
air transport system, in which data, information and
knowledge are shared across the entire enterprise to allow
airlines to make the best decisions to operate their
businesses at the highest levels of safety, security and
efficiency. AHM is designed to integrate seamlessly with
other e-Enabled products from Boeing, such as the Class 3
Boeing Electronic Flight Bag, MyBoeingFleet and the
Maintenance Performance Toolbox.
Asia’s largest airline group, the JAL Group serves 206
airports in 34 countries and territories, including 62
airports in Japan. JAL’s network extends over 227
international passenger, 36 international cargo, and 156
domestic routes. Altogether, the 10 airlines of the JAL
Group make a total of over 1,140 flights a day, and last
year carried almost 60 million passengers. JAL Group
operates a fleet of 284 aircraft including 79 Boeing 747s,
and was the first airline in the world to take delivery of
100 Boeing 747 aircraft.
