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said Amir Husain, founder and predictive, prescriptive, and con- generative AI could play a crucial
CEO of SparkCognition. dition-based maintenance, as role in identifying irregulari-
Husain said the company’s well as the growing adoption of ties that might jeopardize the
technology was capable of har- advanced technologies such as well-being of both aircraft and
nessing real-time sensor data AR/VR, big data analytics, and passengers.
and learning from it continuously, AI in the aviation industry. The aviation industry is con-
allowing for more accurate risk Among the end-user segments, tinuously shifting towards
mitigation and prevention pol- airlines are expected to hold the implementing AI technology in
icies to intervene and protect second-largest market share maintenance and safety proce-
data systems. in 2023. Airlines are leveraging dures. However, the road to full
The use of AI within airline main- digital MRO solutions to improve digitization in the MRO industry
tenance strategies is evolving operational effectiveness by has been an unfulfilled promise
into an advanced and expanded employing modern analytics and for decades.
use of predictive data analytics. machine learning algorithms for
equipment breakdown predic- “While the sector has
tions and maintenance planning.
Airlines Using AI Mario Cappitelli, Satair’s Digital made vast improve-
Leading airlines have also Product Owner who works with ments in creating
turned to AI for their MRO activ- AI and Data Related digital solu- digital standardization
ities, and have jumped on the tions, said, through technologies
AI hype flight. Airlines based in “When it comes to airlines, like blockchain and
the U.S., Europe and Asia have there have been machine machine learning,
been quietly adopting AI tools in learning operations running in
the form of intelligent agents for the background of daily opera- it’s still interesting
data modeling and simulation to tions for years. However, what to understand how
the use of cognitive computing. has changed rapidly is the the rapid AI boom is
According to the latest Research accessibility of those tools.” influencing the much
and Markets report, the global Mario said that “Generative AI” slower-to-adopt MRO
digital MRO market is poised for has the potential to enhance
significant growth, projected to airline operational efficiency and segment,” Cappitelli opined.
reach USD 2.0 billion by 2030, ensure safety. He explained
with a CAGR of 13 per cent from that by leveraging anonymized Given the potential for AI,
2023 to 2030. post-flight data from databases integration of this technology
The market’s expansion is that encompass aircraft mainte- in aviation maintenance is
driven by the rising demand for nance records and flight paths, inevitable.•
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