Ricky Acharjee
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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At the Farnborough Air Show, Freebird Airlines announced its partnership with Collins Aerospace, an RTX business (NYSE: RTX), to enhance its A320 fleet operations with a new digital solutions suite. This initiative will empower Freebird Airlines to make preemptive operational decisions to boost efficiency.
The airline will deploy Ascentia®, a cloud-based platform for data management and analytics, providing a comprehensive overview of aircraft maintenance. This system will allow Freebird Airlines to predict and minimize aircraft downtime, reducing maintenance costs and enhancing the overall passenger experience.
This collaboration extends Freebird Airlines’ use of existing Collins Aerospace solutions, such as OpsCore™ for flight tracking, ARINC Hermes™ for managing ACARS messages, and GLOBALinkSM for communications services.
“This collaboration with Collins Aerospace marks a significant step forward in our maintenance operations,” said Kerem Güngörmez, maintenance manager at Freebird Airlines. “By leveraging the advanced capabilities of Ascentia and Collins’ integrated software solutions, we can enhance our maintenance, repair, and overhaul efficiency, reduce engineering costs, and improve our ability to predict and prevent on-the-ground events. This will ultimately result in a more reliable and cost-effective service for our passengers.”
“Our software solutions allow Freebird to digitally transform their operations, using data-driven insights to inform proactive maintenance decisions that provide a high level of operational availability of their fleet,” said Nicole White, vice president of Business Development for Connected Aviation Solutions at Collins Aerospace.
