Integrated maintenance services for fleet aircraft
First Claim
1. A method of providing centralized maintenance management of fleet vehicles for customers, comprising the steps of:
- (A) organizing a plurality of maintenance service providers to provide maintenance for the vehicles under the control of a maintenance integrator;
(B) planning and scheduling maintenance for the vehicles under the control of the integrator; and
, (C) charging the customer a fee for the maintenance provided in step (A).
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Abstract
Turnkey maintenance of a customer'"'"'s aircraft fleet is managed by a single management service provider (MSP) controlling integrated maintenance and materials services from a central operations site. The MSP converts data received directly from on-board aircraft systems into information it uses to manage maintenance service providers and parts suppliers. The MSP contracts with and manages maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations (MROs) who perform the maintenance on the customers'"'"' aircraft at line and base stations. The MSP either remotely manages part inventories at the customer'"'"'s site, or manages suppliers who deliver the parts to the MROs. Maintenance planning, scheduling and execution information is exchanged between the MSP, MROs, part suppliers and the customers through a shared data communication network controlled by the MSP. The MSP charges the customer for the maintenance services based on a flat rate per unit of aircraft flying time.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of providing centralized maintenance management of fleet vehicles for customers, comprising the steps of:
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(A) organizing a plurality of maintenance service providers to provide maintenance for the vehicles under the control of a maintenance integrator;
(B) planning and scheduling maintenance for the vehicles under the control of the integrator; and
,(C) charging the customer a fee for the maintenance provided in step (A). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of centrally managing the maintenance of commercial fleet aircraft for customers, comprising the steps of:
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(A) contracting with a plurality of maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations (MROs) to provide maintenance service for the aircraft;
(B) collecting and storing maintenance information useful in managing the maintenance;
(C) accessing the maintenance information at a central operations center; and
,(D) managing the MROs from the central operations center using the information accessed in step (C). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of centrally managing the maintenance of commercial fleet aircraft for customers, comprising the steps of:
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(A) contracting with a plurality of maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations (MROs) to provide maintenance service for the aircraft;
(B) collecting and storing maintenance information useful in managing the maintenance service;
(C) accessing the maintenance information at a central operations center; and
,(D) managing the MROs and the part suppliers from the central operations center using the information accessed in step (C). - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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