An Assessment of Digitalization in Aircraft Maintenance

The scope, content, and frequency of maintenance performed to keep aircraft in airworthy conditions vary. Airline companies are trying to complete the maintenance activities within the optimum time and include them in flight operations. Therefore, it is necessary to plan maintenance activities and optimize the time allocated for maintenance. In addition to planning, technology should be used well to save personnel numbers and time devoted to maintenance. Also, the effective use of technology will bring along more regular and accurate maintenance processes, which can be multicomponent and complex. In this research, traditional and new technologies utilized during aircraft maintenance were examined in the largest maintenance, repair, and overhaul company operating in Turkey. Innovations in aircraft maintenance, improvements in maintenance processes, and time, environmental, and economic gains of airlines were evaluated.