SAS Becomes Launch Customer of SPM Alliance

(27 April 2022, 11:35 +07)  Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has become Digital Alliance's first customer of its Skywise Predictive Maintenance (SPM) solution.

The SPM Alliance solution will be used to enhance the operations of SAS' Airbus A320 Family fleet of around 70 aircraft.

The solution, the first from Digital Alliance, combines predictive maintenance algorithms from Airbus as OEM, Delta TechOps as a MRO and operational expert and GE Digital as software expert.

It also encompasses a wide scope of components for aircraft and engines produced by various manufacturers.

Tailfins of two Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Airbus A320 aircraft

“SAS is proud to be the launch customer of SPM Alliance and we look forward to using its powerful analytics,” said Marko Rudic, Head of Technical Operations at SAS. “Thanks to SPM Alliance, we will be able to pre-empt operational disruptions and accelerate maintenance decisions by predicting potential in-service issues across our large A320 Family fleet. This is the proactive approach to fleet technical management that SAS wants to take.”

The Digital Alliance was initiated with Delta TechOps in 2019 and then strengthened in 2021 with the arrival of GE Digital. Its goal is to develop a portfolio of nose-to-tail and cross-fleet solutions that will harness each member’s respective analytics capabilities expertise for airframes, systems and engines, to be accessed via a unified portal through the Skywise platform.

“As airlines are on the path to recovery, it is more important than ever to support them in saving costs and optimising their fleets’ availability. This is precisely what SPM Alliance does: covering a wide scope of equipment, our new solution brings another dimension to predictive maintenance that will considerably reduce unplanned maintenance,” said Lionel Rouby, SVP Digital Solutions, Airbus.