Analysis of aircraft maintenance processes and cost

Tseko Mofokeng; Paul T. Mativenga; Annlizé Marnewick

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2020.01.115

Analysis of aircraft maintenance processes and cost

Tseko Mofokeng, Paul T. Mativenga, Annlizé Marnewick

Postgraduate School of Engineering Management

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Abstract

The life cycle of an aircraft consists of design, production, operation and decommissioning phases. For an airline the main focus is on the maintenance process during the operation phase. This paper presents a case study of an airline facing a challenge of increasing maintenance cost. The objective is to understand factors that drive increase in cost. Maintenance cost, flight hours, flight cycles, dispatch reliability and pilot reports were analyzed to find out the maintenance cost drivers. The study identified that the aircraft which dominated the maintenance costs had the highest flight hours, and the lowest dispatch reliability in the fleet.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	467-472
Number of pages	6
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	90
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.01.115
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference, LCE 2020 - Grenoble, France Duration: 13 May 2020 → 15 May 2020

Keywords

Aircraft age
Dispatch responsibility
Flight cycles
Flight hours

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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