Flexjet Gains Flexibility by Adding GE Digital’s Maintenance Insight to Its Software Solution Platform
May 18 2022 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Fractional Jet Operator first in its space to deploy
Maintenance Insight to improve visibility into critical aircraft
data
- Maintenance Insight helps operators stay ahead of aircraft
maintenance issues before costly service disruptions arise
GE Digital today announced that Flexjet, a global fractional
private jet provider known for its high safety standards, has added
Maintenance Insight™ to the software solutions it deploys to
process flight data. Flexjet is the first in its space to deploy
this solution across its fleet to help predict and prevent
disruptions and reduce maintenance costs.
Maintenance Insight provides airlines with analytics that help
monitor component health to optimize performance and decrease
inefficiencies that lead to excess fuel burn and carbon emissions.
Operators can avoid maintenance disruptions to keep their existing
fleet running efficiently and reduce their carbon footprint.
Maintenance Insight is designed to extract the full-flight data
from the plane’s sensors after a flight. Once the solution is
onboarded, airlines, or as is the case with Flexjet a private jet
provider, can proactively pinpoint their top reliability
challenges, helping drive insight and decisions. The system
generates new data with each flight, staying ahead of potential
issues before they would typically be caught during routine
maintenance. This data also enables airlines to reroute planes, if
necessary, to ensure they can be serviced at maintenance hubs
(avoiding out-station events).
“Implementation of the GE wireless flight data transmission
across the Flexjet fleet in 2019 was so successful we were
enthusiastic about the Maintenance Insight,” said Charles
Starkowsky Flexjet Chief Safety Officer. “This powerful capability
will lead to superior aircraft safety, reliability, and
efficiency.”
Added Sal Valentino, Flexjet’s Vice President of Maintenance,
Operations and Strategy, “The addition of Maintenance Insight to
our robust flight data program allows us to enhance our proactive
maintenance processes by analyzing real-time data regarding the
status of aircraft systems on-board every Flexjet aircraft.”
Maintenance Insight includes a set of applications designed to
deliver clear visibility into fleet health for early detection of
aircraft and component degradation. Powerful analytics and insights
help decrease unplanned maintenance burden and downtime. Downstream
these reductions benefit airlines by avoiding costly operational
disruptions and supporting corrective action decision making,
improving maintenance effectiveness, and reducing out-station
events.
“Because Flexjet maintains its own aircraft, Maintenance Insight
gives them a powerful advantage of proactive insights allowing them
to predict and prevent disruptions and reduce maintenance costs,”
said Andrew Coleman, General Manager of GE Digital’s Aviation
Software business. “Our software uses a wealth of data generated by
each aircraft to build analytics that provide advance awareness of
potential component failure and unplanned maintenance, helping to
prevent unnecessary time on the ground while also raising the
efficiency of the maintenance efforts.”
Click on this link for more information about GE Digital’s
Aviation Software portfolio.
About Flexjet
Flexjet first entered the fractional jet ownership market in
1995. Flexjet offers fractional jet ownership and leasing.
Flexjet’s fractional aircraft program is the first in the world to
be recognized as achieving the Air Charter Safety Foundation’s
Industry Audit Standard, is the first and only company to be
honored with 23 FAA Diamond Awards for Excellence, upholds an
ARG/US Platinum Safety Rating, a 4AIR Bronze Sustainable Rating and
is IS-BAO compliant at Level 2. Flexjet’s fractional program fields
an exclusive array of business aircraft—some of the youngest in the
fractional jet industry, with an average age of approximately six
years. In 2015, Flexjet introduced Red Label by Flexjet, which
features the youngest fleet in the industry, flight crews dedicated
to a single aircraft and the LXi Cabin Collection of interiors. To
date there are more than 40 different interior designs across its
fleet, which includes the Embraer Phenom 300, Legacy 450 and
Praetor 500, Bombardier Challenger 350, the Gulfstream G450 and
G650. Flexjet’s European fleet includes the Embraer Legacy 500,
Praetor 600. Flexjet is a member of the Directional Aviation family
of companies. For more details on innovative programs and flexible
offerings, visit www.flexjet.com or follow us on Twitter @Flexjet
and on Instagram @FlexjetLLC.
About GE Digital
GE Digital transforms how our customers solve their toughest
challenges by putting industrial data to work. Our mission is to
bring simplicity, speed, and scale to digital transformation
activities, with industrial software that delivers breakthrough
business outcomes. GE Digital’s product portfolio – including grid
optimization and analytics, asset and operations performance
management, and manufacturing operations and automation – helps
industrial companies in the utility, power generation, oil &
gas, aviation, and manufacturing sectors change the way industry
works. For more information, visit www.ge.com/digital.
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