Boeing’s Insight Accelerator Helps Airlines Reduce Maintenance Costs and Improve Efficiency

Boeing has launched a new predictive maintenance platform called Insight Accelerator, which helps airlines improve their operational efficiency and reduce their maintenance costs by using advanced analytics to track patterns of premature component failure and enable proactive maintenance actions.

Insight Accelerator is a cloud-based tool that integrates and analyzes full flight data from various sources, such as Quick Access Recorder/Continuous Parameter Logging (QAR/CPL), and uses artificial intelligence to identify trends and anomalies that indicate potential issues with aircraft components. The tool also allows users to create and test custom alerts based on their own systems and processes, without requiring specialized coding or programming skills.

By using Insight Accelerator, airlines can turn unplanned maintenance events into scheduled ones, reduce aircraft on ground (AOG) events, increase on-time flights, protect revenue, and maximize the useful service life of their aircraft. The tool also helps airlines optimize their fleet maintenance programs and support their adoption of predictive maintenance tools to manage the repair and replacement of components.

Insight Accelerator is part of Boeing’s Flight Data Analytics suite of solutions, which enables airlines to grow into a robust, comprehensive analytics ecosystem using a common data processing core. The suite also includes other solutions such as Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA), Flight Data Monitoring (FDM), and Airplane Health Management (AHM).

Boeing launched Insight Accelerator in September 2022, after years of development and collaboration with participating airlines and subject matter experts across Boeing and the aviation industry. The launch customer for Insight Accelerator is All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline, which has been using the tool since July 2022.

ANA has been using Insight Accelerator to monitor the performance of its Boeing 787 fleet, which comprises about 40% of its total fleet. The tool has helped ANA detect anomalies in various components, such as engines, landing gears, brakes, and air conditioning systems, and perform preventive maintenance actions before they cause disruptions to its operations.

According to ANA, Insight Accelerator has helped the airline reduce its AOG events by 30%, increase its on-time performance by 5%, and save about $10 million in maintenance costs per year. ANA plans to expand the use of Insight Accelerator to its other Boeing aircraft models, such as the 737 MAX and the 777X.

Boeing expects more airlines to adopt Insight Accelerator in the near future, as it offers a unique value proposition for improving operational efficiency and reducing maintenance costs. Boeing also plans to enhance the capabilities of Insight Accelerator by adding more data sources, algorithm templates, and features.

Sources: AirGuide Business airguide.info, msn.com,services.boeing.com