Industry Addendum
Airbus’s Skywise builds Big Data client base
May 1st 2018
Since Airbus launched Skywise at the Paris Air Show last June, the aviation data platform has attracted five customers for its shared value agreement for its Big Data services and seven for its premium predictive services. Read More »
At a U.S. MRO show last month, Allegiant Air became Skywise’s first North American customer. It has since been joined by WOW Air (Hungary), Small Planet (Lithuania), Primera Air (Iceland) and LATAM (South America.
Six of Skywise’s 12 clients are Asia-Pacific and Gulf carriers. Shared value agreement Skywise Core customers in the two regions are Bangkok Airways, Emirates Airlines and Peach Aviation.
Asia-Pacific and Middle East premium Skywise Predictive Services airline customers are AirAsia, Asiana Airlines and Etihad Airways.
Skywise Core offers airlines a cloud-based platform where carriers share operating data from their Airbus fleets that it is cost free for access.
Participating airlines can integrate their operational, maintenance and aircraft data into the Skywise cloud as well as store, access, manage and analyse their own and selected Airbus data.
Skywise Premium provides customers with more detailed Big Data analytics to allow them to make more informed decisions about their MRO requirements.
Independently, Airbus and Rockwell Collins have developed a new onboard data capture and transmission module, FOMAX, which increases recorded aircraft data on an A320 from 400 parametres to approximately 24,000. Installation of FOMAX in line fit and retrofit will commence in the current quarter.
