Inflight Health Check for Qantas

Qantas Airways' fleet of 747-400 airplanes will be monitored by Boeing's Airplane Health Management (AHM), a software system that helps airlines improve the management of unscheduled maintenance events. 

The company's 30 747-400s will use AHM to gather and evaluate critical in-flight data on the real-time flying condition of its airplanes. 

AHM provides airlines insight as to the condition of airplanes in the sky, providing in-flight access to fuel-burn information so airlines can identify and correct problems that might be wasting fuel, as well as data that allow preparation for the airline to minimize or eliminate delays through advance preparation for maintenance procedures. 

In some cases, AHM allows engineers on the ground to monitor the health of an aircraft while it is in the air, which allows airlines to take action before a fault occurs, leading to a more reliable, cost-effective operation. AHM also supports long-term fleet-reliability programs by helping airlines identify and respond to faults before they occur. 

The system provides fleet-wide information aggregated from other operators, which can be used to determine the effectiveness of particular maintenance actions in fixing problems. 

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