Airbus, Delta join for cross-fleet solutions

Airbus and Delta Air Lines are teaming up for a digital alliance to develop new predictive maintenance and health-monitoring solutions for airline customers worldwide, starting 2020. To be accessed via a unified portal through the Skywise platform, the cross-fleet solutions will harness each member’s expertise in airframes, systems and engines. Delta Air Lines will be the first user of the enriched predictive maintenance solution. Don Mitacek, Delta’s SVP Technical Operations said: “This partnership with Airbus will further develop predictive maintenance capabilities.” This partnership builds on an already successful platform of technical collaboration between Airbus and Delta. In Oct 2018, Delta entered into a multi-year contract with Airbus to apply Skywise Predictive Maintenance to its A320 and A330 fleets. <br/>