Methods and systems for centrally managed maintenance program for aircraft fleets
First Claim
1. A method of managing maintenance of a fleet of aircraft by a business entity for a plurality of customers operating the fleet of aircraft, said method comprising:
- collecting data, using a monitoring subsystem, from a plurality of aircraft in each of the fleets fleet related to the operation of the aircraft;
determining a range of acceptable values of performance parameters, using a monitoring subsystem, associated with the collected data and based on the collected data, the data collected from those aircraft having similar operating histories;
analyzing the collected data, using an analyzer subsystem, having values outside the range of acceptable values using at least one of trend analysis, root cause analysis, and engineering analysis; and
modifying at least one of a maintenance requirement for the fleet of aircraft and an interval between scheduled maintenance actions for the fleet of aircraft, using a maintenance task database, to facilitate reducing the number of performance parameters values that are outside the range of acceptable values during future operation of the aircraft.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing maintenance of a fleet of aircraft are provided. The method includes collecting data from at least one aircraft in each of the fleets related to the operation of the aircraft, determining a range of acceptable values of performance parameters associated with the collected data and based on the collected data, analyzing the collected data having values outside the range of acceptable values, and modifying at least one of a maintenance requirement and an interval between maintenance actions to facilitate reducing the number of performance parameters values that are outside the range of acceptable values during future operation of the aircraft.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of managing maintenance of a fleet of aircraft by a business entity for a plurality of customers operating the fleet of aircraft, said method comprising:
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collecting data, using a monitoring subsystem, from a plurality of aircraft in each of the fleets fleet related to the operation of the aircraft; determining a range of acceptable values of performance parameters, using a monitoring subsystem, associated with the collected data and based on the collected data, the data collected from those aircraft having similar operating histories; analyzing the collected data, using an analyzer subsystem, having values outside the range of acceptable values using at least one of trend analysis, root cause analysis, and engineering analysis; and modifying at least one of a maintenance requirement for the fleet of aircraft and an interval between scheduled maintenance actions for the fleet of aircraft, using a maintenance task database, to facilitate reducing the number of performance parameters values that are outside the range of acceptable values during future operation of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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