The 2021 outlook for MRO has changed dramatically since predictions were made last year, or even six months ago. Today, MROs and airlines are having to operate with reduced team sizes due to forced redundancies and social distancing measures, while facing cuts to MRO budgets and spend for the foreseeable future. If this is the case, how can MRO planners reduce their fleet downtime and improve efficiency when forecasting maintenance needs alongside these restraints? Plans now need to be even more adaptable to changing circumstances, yet less time and resource is available to prepare forecasts. This is where technology comes in. There has been much discussion across the aviation industry about the 'digital transformation' taking place during the downtime experienced in recent months. Maintenance planning is no different. One technology that is now coming into its own and seeing more adoption in the face of such uncertainty is model-based AI.
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