Aer Lingus has entered a new commercial agreement to deploy the AISmartPlan AI-powered maintenance planning platform across its aircraft maintenance operations, following a successful trial within International Airlines Group’s (IAG) innovation framework. The move forms part of IAG’s wider strategy to digitalise maintenance production planning and reduce reliance on manual processes.
AISmartPlan is an AI-based system designed for aircraft maintenance production planning that consolidates key operational inputs – including fleet, flight schedules, maintenance tasks and resource availability – into a single planning environment. At Aer Lingus, the platform is intended to replace manual planning with an automated, data-driven process, generating optimised maintenance plans and improving visibility for engineering teams.
The agreement is described as a multi-year commercial arrangement with potential for deployment across other IAG carriers. No details have been disclosed on contract value, fleet coverage, implementation timeline or quantified performance gains for Aer Lingus.