Boeing Sees Engine OEM Role In Dataliner Platform

AMSTERDAM—Boeing sees potential for engine manufacturers to participate in its recently launched Dataliner platform.

Speaking at Aviation Week’s MRO Europe conference on Oct. 27, Chris Raymond, president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, said the company has held initial discussions about possible engine OEM involvement in the AI-enabled digital aviation platform. He did not identify the manufacturers or provide details of any prospective agreements.

With well-established relationships between Boeing and engine OEMs spanning production and the aftermarket, including parts distribution agreements, Raymond sees data sharing as another area for collaboration as Boeing further develops the platform aimed at increasing operator fleet availability.

“We have a lot of information on the performance of our aircraft, and so that integrated performance between the engine and the aircraft, I think, is really what operations need to feed on,” Raymond said. “I can see them being partners in Dataliner, and we’ve already had a couple of discussions like that.”

According to Raymond, combining aircraft and engine information could use data to anticipate maintenance needs and improve understanding of overall aircraft reliability. He also sees parts distribution as another potential area of cooperation with engine makers.

Boeing announced Dataliner last week, an AI-powered data intelligence platform that aims to connect fragmented data better to support fleet maintenance planning. Raymond said the company has launched a TechOps AI agent and an asset lifecycle planning tool on the platform. The system—developed with tech giant Microsoft—also provides a common intelligence platform for Boeing’s Digital Services products.

Longer term, Boeing wants to connect maintenance data with information on parts usage and distribution, aircraft modifications and safety to ultimately help airlines manage workflows across different parts of their operations and improve fleet availability.

“The platform can help us integrate some of the cross-functional work streams and workflows of our customers,” Raymond said. “Our shared mission is to have their fleet flying. The real power is going to be when we integrate that data with our parts and distribution data and usage data.”

Addressing how Dataliner could work with third-party maintenance systems, Raymond said the platform is intended to connect with customers’ applications and data through interfaces. Customers would control what information they make available through data-sharing agreements and permissions.

“Most people want to keep their data; they don’t want to send it all to somebody else,” he said. “They actually want to decide what kind of permissions they grant for this data.”