Digital Alliance, a collaboration between Airbus, Delta TechOps, and GE Aerospace, aims to improve the accuracy of predictive maintenance recommendations, minimising operational interruptions and reducing costly “no fault found” scenarios. Liebherr-Aerospace has now joined the alliance, bringing its advanced predictive maintenance algorithms and trend monitoring applications to the initiative.
Liebherr's data will be accessible to airlines via Skywise, Airbus's operational platform, which connected approximately 11,700 aircraft by late 2024. By integrating Liebherr-Aerospace's predictive maintenance solutions—covering a wide range of Airbus aircraft—airlines will benefit from enhanced health management systems. This optimisation of both planned and unplanned maintenance activities is expected to improve aircraft availability significantly.
Liebherr's extensive expertise in areas such as environmental control, thermal management systems, flight controls, and landing gears will strengthen and complement the alliance's existing capabilities.
“We are excited to bring our analytics expertise and deep OEM and customer service experience to the Digital Alliance. By combining our complementary strengths on the Skywise platform, we aim to meet the evolving needs of the aerospace industry alongside Airbus, Delta TechOps, and GE,” said Joël Cadaux, Director of Business & Services – Customer Services at Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS.
Looking ahead, Digital Alliance plans to accelerate and expand its predictive maintenance offerings for Airbus A220 and A350 platforms in 2025.
