Case Study
We partnered with a specialist airline operator in the process of carrying out critical fleet maintenance enabling them to increase availability, profitability and help secure the future of an existing contract. Reducing Aircraft Maintenance Time Aircraft MRO
We partnered with a specialist airline operator in the process of carrying out critical fleet maintenance enabling them to increase availability, profitability and help secure the future of an existing contract.
Client situation
Complications
What we did (ongoing)
Acute global skills shortage in engineering workforce and unionised environment Spares could only be sourced from one supplier due to contractual exclusivity clause
Completed diagnostic, identified opportunity to improve turnarounds by 38%, across maintenance, planning and supply chain
The client’s projected maintenance schedule was unachievable at current productivity levels, which would have led to lost availability and therefore flying revenue during a key contract negotiation period.
Delivered 4 workstreams to reduce maintenance time:
Optimised maintenance plan to ensure work orders are grouped efficiently, preventing lost days Redesigned system of work to ensure sufficient enabled work, and tasking process to ensure engineers always able to be deployed productively Driving part availability through improved demand signal to supplier, stock and supplier management Ensuring all managers have appropriate skills across technical, operations & people capabilities to manage and motivate their teams Handover of co-designed capability to client team to ensure sustainability of changes
26% Reduction in days taken to carry out heavy maintenance visits
Eight months
“You have exceeded our expectations and drawn out the best from my team. Newton’s outcomes focus and skin in the game felt very different to other consultancies we have worked with” Chief Operating Officer
130+ Individuals working to the redesigned system of work
$60m+ Risk avoided due to productivity increase for heavy maintenance visits
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