All Nippon Airways (ANA) has agreed a five-year contract extension with Boeing for its ‘Maintenance Performance Toolbox’.

The Japanese carrier has used the digital solution for the past eight years to manage maintenance information for its fleet of aircraft and engines.

According to Boeing, the Maintenance Performance Toolbox allows operators to “simplify their maintenance operations by enabling them to manage, distribute, process and view intelligent maintenance documentation in a uniform digital format through a single interface, regardless of the aircraft manufacturer or engine type”.

ANA’s vice president of digital transformation portfolio management department Hajime Kaneko said: “The adoption of Maintenance Performance Toolbox is one example of how we have streamlined our maintenance process through digital tools.

“It has greatly reduced the complexity of managing maintenance information for multiple airplane types across our entire fleet. We’ve seen efficiency improvements in our maintenance operations, and we’ll continue to use Maintenance Performance Toolbox to take advantage of those benefits.”

Boeing is also partnering with AIRDO, an affiliate of ANA, to provide cabin modification services for its fleet of Airbus 767 Boeing aircraft.

“ANA was a development partner for Maintenance Performance Toolbox and was the first customer to go live with the platform’s full-fleet capability in 2013,” said Boeing Global Services’ vice president of digital aviation solutions Duane Wehking. “We look forward to continuing to grow and improve Maintenance Performance Toolbox through our collaboration with ANA in support of streamlining their maintenance operations.”