Industry Insight Special Report
Boeing’s AnalytX solution
February 1st 2018
Like its European rival, Boeing is betting on Singapore’s hub status. Read More » Its Training & Professional Services Singapore Campus is the largest Boeing campus in Asia and offers seven full-flight simulators and four flight training devices, including the first B737 MAX simulator in the Asia-Pacific.
It also operates Boeing Asia-Pacific Aviation Services (BAPAS) as a joint venture with SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) to provide engineering, repair and maintenance services for Boeing airplanes. Boeing’s Jeppesen office in Singapore delivers and implements digital solutions for airlines in this region.
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Boeing has rolled out its own data analytics platform, AnalytX. The American manufacturer told Orient Aviation it was “very excited to launch this capability for customers in the coming months” and had hopes to sign up more airline customers to the platform at the Singapore Air Show.
Unlike Airbus’ Skywise, Boeing retains a proprietary solution and does not agree with multi-platform data sharing. “Airline data contained in Boeing AnalytX data platforms or applications are available to the airline and Boeing under agreement. The airline can decide if they wish to share it with other organizations. It may be that Airbus’ Skywise made data sharing between participants mandatory.. Boeing does not. We leave it up to each airline,” Boeing Global Services vice president commercial services, Mike Fleming, told Orient Aviation.
Launched in June, AnalytX is intended to make it easier for airlines to slash fuel costs, perform predictive maintenance, build smarter flight plans and crew schedules and minimize unpredictable disruptions.
In 2017, Boeing announced more than 230 AnalytX orders, including commitments for the platform from Asia-Pacific carriers, All Nippon Airways, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Air and Qantas Airways. This year, AnalytX is gradually becoming embedded in the group’s existing services applications, products under development and its own operations.
The information systems add to Boeing’s existing portfolio of flight and technical analytics-powered applications and an analytics consulting service that provides end-to-end solutions for carriers.
In December 2017, Boeing announced a new analytics offering, the Self-Service Analytics Cloud Platform, for its digital applications subscribers like Airplane Health Management, Fuel Dashboard, Flight Planning and the In-Service Data Program. Customers can access data from Boeing app through new analytics tools to get new insights for better efficiency and performance.
“This new connectivity and advanced analytics could mean significant savings for airlines. We estimate they can save between 2%-2.5% of total global operating costs, which translates to between US$5 million to $6 billion annually,” said Oliver Wyman consultancy partner, Sebastien Maire.
| Boeing AnalytX at work A B777 departed from the U.S. interior bound for its European hub. Less than an hour into its nine-hour flight, the airplane sent an Airplane Health Management (AHM) alert to its maintenance control centre indicating low tire pressure, a potentially serious issue which can result in tire failure upon landing and damage to the flaps to the tune of a million dollars. Maintenance control used AHM tire pressure reporting to validate the alert. The flight crew was diverted to a maintenance base that was given notice, and a crew was standing by with parts. The tires were replaced and the plane increased airspeed, arriving at its destination within 20 minutes of its original schedule. |
