Low-cost carrier signs up to Airbus aviation data platform

China' largest low-cost carrier Spring Airlines announced on Monday it will adopt Airbus' aviation data platform Skywise Core, becoming the first airline in the Chinese mainland to get connected to the system that aims to help airlines improve operational performance and support their digital transformation.

According to the agreement signed between the two, by using Skywise Core, Spring Airlines will be able to integrate its own operational, maintenance, and aircraft data into the Skywise cloud-based system, so that it can store, access, manage, and analyze selected Airbus data together with its own data and global benchmarks without the need for additional infrastructure investment.

At the signing ceremony, the two sides agreed to work closely together to develop and demonstrate new data-driven applications for aviation. Currently, Shanghai-based Spring Airlines operates an all-Airbus A320 fleet of 81 aircraft in China.