Maintenance system for aircraft fleet and method for planning maintenance
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1. A maintenance system for a fleet of aircraft, the system comprising:
- a maintenance database comprising at least one maintenance schedule comprising a list of routine maintenance actions for the aircraft;
a non-routine maintenance database comprising at least non-routine maintenance historical data for the aircraft;
a health database comprising operation data for the aircraft; and
a planning module configured to query the maintenance database, non-routine maintenance database, and the health database, such that the planning module is configured to identify anticipated non-routine maintenance tasks having a threshold probability of occurrence based on historical data for the fleet and aircraft health data and having a correlation with at least one of the routine maintenance actions, wherein the correlation includes that the anticipated non-routine maintenance tasks and the at least one of the routine maintenance actions are located in a same area of the aircraft, and the correlation is based on the timing and duration of the routine maintenance action in relation to an amount of the threshold probability of the occurrence of the identified anticipated non-routine maintenance tasks; and
a generation module configured to generate a task schedule that is a combination of the maintenance schedule and at least one of the identified anticipated non-routine maintenance tasks having the threshold probability of occurring, wherein the generation module generates the task schedule prior to initiating a maintenance action.
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Abstract
A maintenance system for a fleet of aircraft and a method of planning maintenance for a fleet of aircraft that includes identifying a maintenance schedule having at least one routine maintenance action for an aircraft to be maintained, generating a non-routine maintenance task schedule comprising non-routine maintenance tasks, and generating a combined schedule comprising a combination of the maintenance schedule and the non-routine maintenance task schedule.
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1. A maintenance system for a fleet of aircraft, the system comprising:
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a maintenance database comprising at least one maintenance schedule comprising a list of routine maintenance actions for the aircraft; a non-routine maintenance database comprising at least non-routine maintenance historical data for the aircraft; a health database comprising operation data for the aircraft; and a planning module configured to query the maintenance database, non-routine maintenance database, and the health database, such that the planning module is configured to identify anticipated non-routine maintenance tasks having a threshold probability of occurrence based on historical data for the fleet and aircraft health data and having a correlation with at least one of the routine maintenance actions, wherein the correlation includes that the anticipated non-routine maintenance tasks and the at least one of the routine maintenance actions are located in a same area of the aircraft, and the correlation is based on the timing and duration of the routine maintenance action in relation to an amount of the threshold probability of the occurrence of the identified anticipated non-routine maintenance tasks; and a generation module configured to generate a task schedule that is a combination of the maintenance schedule and at least one of the identified anticipated non-routine maintenance tasks having the threshold probability of occurring, wherein the generation module generates the task schedule prior to initiating a maintenance action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of planning maintenance for a fleet of aircraft, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a computer, a maintenance schedule having at least one routine maintenance action for an aircraft to be maintained and including timing and duration of the routine maintenance action; generating, by the computer, a non-routine maintenance schedule, wherein the generating includes identifying comprising anticipated non-routine maintenance having a threshold probability of anticipated occurrence based on historical data for the fleet and aircraft health data, a correlation of the anticipated non-routine maintenance located in a same area of the aircraft as the at least one routine maintenance action, and a correlation of the anticipated non-routine maintenance based on the timing and duration of the routine maintenance action in relation to an amount of the threshold probability of anticipated occurrence of the identified anticipated non-routine maintenance; generating a task schedule comprising a combination of the maintenance schedule and the non-routine maintenance schedule and displaying the generated task schedule to a user; and initiating maintenance according to the task schedule; wherein the generating a non-routine maintenance schedule occurs prior to the initiating maintenance. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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