At Aerospace Tech Week Europe, Craig Lynch, Predictive Maintenance Specialist, easyJet will be joining Tahsin Istanbullu, Executive Vice President – Technical, Pegasus Airlines, Matias Bjerregaard, Predictive Maintenance Specialist, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, and moderator Veronica Dall’Aglio, Manager, Oliver Wyman to speak on a panel exploring where AI is being used most effectively across the MRO product lifecycle.
Ahead of the event, Craig shared how AI has transformed maintenance operations at easyJet and discussed the opportunities that predictive maintenance offers for fleet optimisation and cost reduction. To Join us at ATW Europe (2-3rd April) – book your ticket here!
In order to highlight the transformative impact of advanced technology, Craig began by describing the challenges of the pre-AI era. He explained why maintenance input and resources were not being harnessed effectively, and showed that despite strong historic data, there was an over-reliance on human interpretation.
With the incorporation of AI, Craig discussed how easyJet created a more holistic view of the entire maintenance and repair procedure which can in turn maximise fleet availability and optimise operations. Additionally, he describes how AI has supported the integration of tools, tying programmes together and transferring information and knowledge from one platform to another.
Later, Craig went on to discuss the more broad advancements in predictive maintenance including pattern recognition, early detection, and efficient resource allocation.
Speaking about the upcoming ATW Europe event, Craig said:
“I’m looking forward to learning, expanding my knowledge, my interpretation of not just AI within an aerospace environment but of all data manipulation techniques and tools that are available. We have tools and they work, we have methodologies and they work, but we’re a low-cost carrier, so small margins mean big gains. We really need to try and harness every opportunity we can to reduce our cost.”
To find out more about the predictive maintenance and MRO digital transformation panels mentioned by Craig check out the event agenda now.
Questions asked:
- How did the MRO landscape look before AI – what were the major challenges and constraints here?
- Now fast-forward to present day, how has AI transformed this landscape (if you would describe it as transformed)
- What are some of the most exciting things we are seeing in terms of predictive maintenance and the advancements in this space?
- What are you looking forward to at ATW Europe – any particular sessions or speakers?
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