Lufthansa Technik has expanded its digital companies settlement with Air Transat, with the Canadian provider set to roll out the AVIATAR platform throughout its complete fleet – making it the primary airline in North America to undertake the entire Digital Tech Ops Ecosystem.
The settlement will see all 43 of Air Transat’s Airbus A321 and A330 plane built-in with AVIATAR, Lufthansa Technik’s modular platform for information and analytics. The digital suite contains functions similar to predictive well being analytics, situation monitoring, engineering analytics, and a digital technical logbook.
Having already applied the AMOS upkeep administration system in 2007 and adopted flydocs for digital data administration in 2024, Air Transat now completes the trio of options beneath Lufthansa Technik’s ecosystem.
“Lufthansa Technik’s AVIATAR platform will assist us simplify, modernise and optimise our technical operations,” stated Mario Lafrance, vice chairman of technical operations at Air Transat. “The adoption of this ecosystem is a part of our ongoing efforts to boost effectivity, enhance information high quality, streamline communication throughout our technical operations, and preserve our plane flying longer. It additionally represents one other step in direction of transitioning our operations to a paperless setting.”
AVIATAR was launched in 2017 and now helps over 5,000 plane globally. The platform’s modular structure permits customisation based mostly on every airline’s operational necessities. It’s positioned on the coronary heart of Lufthansa Technik’s digital technique, combining fleet administration instruments with engineering and information science experience.
Among the many functions Air Transat will deploy is AVIATAR’s Technical Logbook, launched to the North American marketplace for the primary time by means of this settlement.
The logbook allows pilots and engineers to digitally doc technical points utilizing structured codecs and automatic enter fields, accessible through any machine and backed by offline performance. Built-in with the AMOS system, it allows real-time planning of upkeep actions previous to plane arrival, serving to scale back turnaround instances and related prices.
“Air Transat’s determination for all functions inside our Digital Tech Ops Ecosystem displays the rising demand for our complete digital options that improve technical operational efficiency,” stated Georgios Ouzounidis, vice chairman gross sales for the Americas at Lufthansa Technik. “This contains the introduction of the AVIATAR Technical Logbook to the area for the primary time. With Air Transat’s adoption, Lufthansa Technik’s Digital Tech Ops Ecosystem makes its debut in North America.”
The ecosystem’s standardised information construction additionally allows improved evaluation and long-term upkeep planning, supporting Air Transat’s broader digital transformation agenda.
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