SITAONAIR & Rolls-Royce unite to overcome airline resistance to sharing data

February 1st 2019

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Engine OEM, Rolls-Royce is the launch customer for SITAONAIR’s e-aircraft DataHub. Read More » The cloud-based hub allows airlines to share selected aircraft data from diverse fleets, aircraft models and formats with their chosen OEMs without charge.

As data analytics takes centre stage in delivering cheaper and more accurate MRO solutions to airlines, the issue of trust has emerged in the fast developing sector.

“Several hurdles have hampered progress, “ said SITAONAIR, when it announced the Rolls-Royce partnership last month.

An issue it said was airlines’ reluctance to permit OEMs access to sensitive data. Another barrier, to date, was “the complexity of achieving timely and tailored and secure data transfer and distribution” to all actors in the chain.

The e-Aircraft DataHub collects an airline’s raw authorized data and then classifies, decodes, stores and dispatches the appropriate data sets to a carrier’s specified OEM.

SITAONAIR portfolio head e-Aircraft, Pierre-Yves Benain, said: “our aircraft data hub services helps navigate the complex ocean of connected data and identifies actionable insights for both airlines and OEMS.

“We keep the control and ownership of the data in the airline’s hands while providing OEMs with greater insights that will enhance their products.

“No other solution puts airlines in control of their data sharing with third parties in this way.”

Rolls-Royce head of product management, servitisation and user experience, Nick Ward, said: “This is a powerful solution, enabling us to work with valued airline customers to extract greater value from aircraft data, in a trusted way, to improve aircraft availability and minimize operational costs.”