PHOENIX, April 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE:
BA) today announced that Air Canada has signed an agreement to
implement the Boeing Maintenance Performance Toolbox to support
maintenance operations for its 767, 777, 787 and 737 MAX airplane
fleets. The announcement came during Aviation Week's MRO Americas
2014 conference and exhibition in Phoenix.
The Maintenance Performance Toolbox suite delivers real-time
access to information that technicians need to quickly resolve
airplane maintenance issues. As part of the Toolbox deployment
project, Boeing will also provide services for transition and
migration of customized data from maintenance management
applications currently used by Air Canada, and will enable
integration with existing maintenance resource planning
systems.
"Lean practices are essential to our operations," said
Alan Butterfield, Air Canada vice
president of maintenance and engineering. "By implementing
Maintenance Performance Toolbox, we will be moving from legacy IT
to 'lean IT' solutions. As we move ahead with fleet expansion, this
Boeing solution will enable us to streamline and standardize access
to maintenance information."
In addition to supporting its current fleet, Air Canada will
implement Maintenance Performance Toolbox in maintenance operations
for its new 787 airplanes. On April
1, Boeing and Air Canada finalized an order for 61 737 MAX
airplanes. Toolbox will also be implemented for the new 737 MAX
additions to the fleet as they are delivered.
"We continue to receive positive feedback from our airline
customers about how Boeing Maintenance Performance Toolbox has
helped to improve operations efficiency," said Per Noren, vice president, Customer Solutions,
Boeing Digital Aviation, a business unit of Commercial Aviation
Services. "We are excited to support Air Canada as they leverage
this solution to achieve their goals for lean and efficient
maintenance operations."
Today, more than 120 airlines rely on Maintenance Performance
Toolbox to support their engineering and maintenance
operations.
About the Boeing Edge
Boeing offers a comprehensive
portfolio of commercial aviation services, collectively known as
the Boeing Edge, bringing value and advantages to customers and the
industry. Boeing Digital Aviation is the business unit that
delivers the Boeing Edge through integrated offerings in software,
applications, information solutions and advanced training content
to drive optimized performance, efficiency and safety across
customer operations. Boeing provides a competitive edge by solving
real operational problems, enabling better decisions, maximizing
efficiency and improving environmental performance – creating
intelligent information solutions across the aviation
ecosystem.
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest domestic and international
airline serving more than 180 destinations on five
continents. Canada's flag
carrier is among the 20 largest airlines in the world and
in 2013 served more than 35 million customers. Air Canada
provides scheduled passenger service directly to 60 Canadian
cities, 49 destinations in the United
States and 72 cities in Europe, the Middle
East, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico and South
America. Air Canada is a
founding member of Star Alliance,
the world's most comprehensive air transportation network serving
1,269 airports in 193 countries. Air Canada is the only international network
carrier in North America to
receive a Four-Star ranking according to independent U.K. research
firm Skytrax that ranked Air Canada in a worldwide survey of more
than 18 million airline passengers as Best Airline in North America in 2013 for the fourth
consecutive year. For more information, please
visit: www.aircanada.com.
Contacts:
Mona Rice
Digital Aviation Communications
(206) 245-6776
mona.s.rice@boeing.com
At MRO Americas in Phoenix (Boeing
Exhibit – Booth # 1813):
Mary Miller
Boeing Communications
(206) 265-0094
mary.e.miller15@boeing.com
More information:
http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/aviationservices/fleet-services/maintenance-engineering/toolbox.page
SOURCE Boeing