Patent ID: 8694196

Claim:
A system for centralized maintenance management of a fleet of aircraft by a business entity for a plurality of customers operating the fleet of aircraft, said system comprising: a data acquisition subsystem configured to collect operational performance data and maintenance data from at least one aircraft in the fleet; a monitoring subsystem configured to receive the collected operational performance data and maintenance data for a plurality of aircraft in the fleet and to determine a range of acceptable values of performance parameters associated with the collected data and based on the collected data from those aircraft having similar operating histories; an analyzer subsystem configured to receive the determined ranges and the collected data, said analyzer further configured to determine which of the collected data include values outside the determined ranges and determine at least one of aircraft systems, maintenance tasks, and environmental factors that influence the values of the collected data; and a maintenance task database including information relating to maintenance tasks performed on aircraft in the fleet and intervals of performance of the maintenance tasks wherein at least one of a maintenance requirement and an interval between maintenance actions is modified to facilitate reducing the number of performance parameters values that are outside the range of acceptable values during future operation of the aircraft.