Gulf Air upgrades safety with Austin Digital deal

The deal is initially for three years and Gulf Air says FDM is the systematic and pro-active use of digital flight data from routine operations that helps an airline to improve its fleet safety. And that it is a well accepted and mandatory part of today's safety management systems in global aviation industry.

Captain Chris Cain, Gulf Air Chief Operating Officer, said: “Safety is the most important element for any airline and this is achieved by several factors such as reporting systems, aircraft maintenance and engineering, crew training and selection and company procedures.

“The new integrated FDM system offers a robust and sophisticated functionality to analyse and optimise our daily flight operations helping us increase our fleet's technical dispatch reliability,” he said.

The system allows remote access to in-flight data that will help the airline plan maintenance more efficiently and according to Chin offers a “solid base for additional financial savings”.

Besides setting up and implementing the FDM service, Austin Digital will also provide continuous support to technical system operation and flight safety/flight operations efficiency know-how after completion of the project.