Condor, Germany's leading leisure airline, partnered with QOCO Systems to implement Aviadex for seamless data exchange between their AMOS maintenance system and Rolls-Royce. This integration enables automated engine data transfer that supports the standard duty cycle method of managing engine life, potentially extending time on wing by up to 50% for their new Trent 7000 engines.
Industry: Airline
Location: Germany (Frankfurt and Dusseldorf)
Size: Fleet of more than 50 aircraft, flying 9 million guests annually to 90 destinations
QOCO Solution: Aviadex
Condor has been flying guests to their holiday destinations for more than 66 years, operating from the nine largest airports in Germany, as well as from Zurich in Switzerland and Vienna in Austria. The fleet of more than fifty aircraft is maintained by their own engineering business, Condor Technik, at the Frankfurt and Dusseldorf locations. At the end of 2022, Condor, as the German launch customer, took delivery of the first new Airbus A330neo long-haul aircraft, with an average of one new aircraft arriving monthly until 2024.
Additionally, Condor has orders placed for forty-one short and medium-haul aircraft of the Airbus A32Xneo family, with delivery commencing in 2024. The airline already had a relationship with Rolls-Royce through their A330ceo fleet using previous generations of Trent engines.
"When Condor ordered the A330neos with the latest Trent 7000 engine from Rolls-Royce, the OEM introduced QOCO to Condor as Rolls-Royce's software partner in facilitating the data transfer necessary to support the engine with the standard duty cycle method of managing engine life." — Nicolas Schneider, AMOS Administrator at Condor
Condor faced significant challenges with their legacy approach to engine data management when they acquired new Airbus A330neo aircraft with Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. These advanced engines required a more sophisticated data exchange process than their previous fleet.
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QOCO Systems provided Condor with Aviadex, a specialized data exchange solution that enables automated data flows from the airline to Rolls-Royce, allowing for comprehensive engine condition analysis and optimized maintenance planning.
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Implementation Approach:
"We have found QOCO to be a very professional partner in the integration of Condor's systems with a supplier such as Rolls-Royce." — Dr. Almut Von Schneidemesser, Senior Manager for Aircraft Communications IT at Condor
Since mid-May 2023, Condor has been using the QOCO solution to send data to Rolls-Royce every day in a fully automated way. While the full implementation of the standard duty cycle method awaits regulatory approval, the foundation for significant benefits has been established.
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Additional Benefits:
"We will then receive an evaluation of engine condition from Rolls-Royce that automatically modifies the cycles to standard duty cycles in our AMOS system on a daily basis." — Nicolas Schneider, AMOS Administrator at Condor
When regulatory approval is granted, Condor will switch from daily cycles to standard duty cycles. They will receive evaluations of engine condition from Rolls-Royce, which will automatically modify the cycles in their AMOS system. This will enable more precise tracking of engine wear beyond simple takeoff and touchdown counts, allowing engines to stay on wing longer when actual wear is less than what traditional cycle counting would indicate.
All flights from the past will be re-evaluated with the new standard duty cycle method once approval is granted, maximizing the benefit of having collected data from the very first flight with the QOCO solution.
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