Boeing Commercial Aviation Services announced today that Southwest
Airlines is the launch customer for an advanced Boeing software product that
will help streamline the carrier's maintenance processes supporting its
huge fleet of 737 twinjets.
The MaintStreamä Planning Pack Plus is a state-of-the-art software application
for planning, scheduling and tracking the full range of fleet maintenance
activities. By efficiently integrating and managing these activities, it reduces
maintenance costs and out-of-service time, while maintaining high levels
of safety and regulatory compliance.
Southwest will incorporate the software as part of
its "Next Generation Maintenance Automation Project." This initiative is aimed at generating
operational improvements, significant cost savings and increased
financial controls in the maintenance of the airline's 359 jetliners.
The MaintStream software will help Southwest to
efficiently manage all aircraft maintenance program requirements, deliver high-quality job instruction
cards to mechanics, plan and schedule maintenance for line and hangar environments,
and create and manage long-term maintenance forecasts.
"MaintStream is a key component of Boeing's new
Enterprise Oneä suite of software applications, and gives Southwest a powerful digital tool for managing
fleet maintenance," said John Gibson, Boeing director of Maintenance Solutions
and Support. "Southwest has always been an innovator, and is once again
taking a leadership position in the industry by implementing this enterprise-level
solution."
MaintStream was developed by AeroInfo Systems,
Inc., a Canadian subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The software is part of a growing family of information
technology offerings from Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, which offers a
full spectrum of support products and services for the air transport industry.
