Japan Airlines, JAL Engineering win IT award for aircraft maintenance innovation

Japan Airlines (JAL) and JAL Engineering have won an IT award for innovation in aircraft maintenance. 

The carrier and JAL Engineering were awarded with the “IT Award (Open Innovation Area)” for the 42nd IT Award announced by the Japan Institute of Information Technology. This is the third time that Japan Airlines and its engineering division has won the IT award.

The theme for the 2024 awards is “Maintenance DX in pursuit of ‘Zero Zero 100’ in aircraft maintenance.” The award ceremony and commemorative lectures will be held on January 30 and 31, 2025, during the 40th IT Strategic Comprehensive Conference (ITMC 2024) hosted by the association at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

According to the airline, JAL Engineering has been working on DX (Digital Transformation) for aircraft maintenance under the “Zero Zero 100” philosophy, which aims to prevent aircraft failures by predicting them before they happen.

In a statement, JAL outlined that it won the IT award due to the following initiatives:

Failure prediction algorithm development
JAL Engineering was able to achieve reliable predictive maintenance through failure prediction algorithms based on digital technologies such as big data and AI. JAL was able to improve the accuracy of advance detection of aircraft failures due to this.

Development of diagnostic support tools for the internal condition of the engine
JAL applied medical image recognition AI technology to engine endoscopy to improve the accuracy of the internal engine. Applying medical image recognition and AI technology to engine endoscopy improves the accuracy of internal engine inspections and prevents engine defects before they occur.

Development of line maintenance plan optimization applications using quantum computing technology
JAL and JAL Engineering developed an app for automatic optimization of aircraft maintenance planning. According to the carrier, the app is responsible for assigning jobs to experienced personnel because of the need to take into account a huge number of constraints, such as aircraft usage and the number of mechanics.

The IT Award is awarded to companies and organizations in Japanese industry that have made outstanding efforts and achieved excellent results in management innovation using IT.The awards are given to companies and organizations that have made outstanding efforts and achieved excellent results in “management innovation using IT” in the Japanese industrial sector.

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