Creating aircraft record

In this page, you can assign a registration number for the aircraft and enter other details that are relevant for carrying out maintenance activities on the aircraft. Tell me more.

Select the “Create Aircraft Record” link under the “Aircraft” business component.

The “Create Aircraft Record” page appears.

The system displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are displayed in this page. This format is displayed from the "User Preferences" business component based on the login user ID. In case the format is not defined, the system displays the date format from the “Enterprise Modeling” business component by default.

Enter the following fields in the “Aircraft Identifiers” group box:

Aircraft Reg #	A unique registration number for the aircraft. Aircraft Registration number is allotted to an aircraft by the regulatory authority of the country in which it is registered. (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory. Ensure that the number is unique for the organizational unit.
Manufacturer Serial #	The MSN or the manufacturer’s serial number given to the aircraft by the manufacturer at the time of production (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory. Ensure that the number is unique for the organizational unit.
Variable Tab #	The unique tab number of the aircraft (Integer). Mandatory. The variable tab number is one of the identifiers of the aircraft. Ensure that the number is unique for the organizational unit.

Note: Ensure that manufacturer serial number and variable tab number are unique for the manufacturer of a particular aircraft model.

The system does not perform the above check for aircraft that are inactivated due to creation of new aircraft registration number, and also for aircraft that are reactivated after creation of new aircraft registration number.

Nose #

The nose number of the aircraft is an aircraft identifier, which is primarily used by the marketing department of an airline (Alphanumeric, 30). Mandatory.

Aircraft Model #

The model to which the aircraft belongs (Alphanumeric, 20). Mandatory. Ensure that the model number is already defined in the “Create Aircraft Model” activity and is in “Active” status.

Help facility available.

The system displays the following field on clicking the “Create Aircraft Record” pushbutton:

Manufacturer #

The manufacturer of the aircraft.

Enter the following fields:

Date Of Manufacture

The date of manufacture of the aircraft (Date Format). The date must be in the format specified in the “Date Format” field.

Inventory Part #

The inventory part number of the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 40). Inventory Part number is the manufacturers’, suppliers’ or the industry standard identifier for the aircraft.

Help facility available.

Enter the following fields in the “Supplementary Identifier Details” group box:

Customer Effectivity #	The customer effectivity number of an aircraft ((Alphanumeric, 30). This is another identifier for an aircraft, usually used in the aircraft manuals like IPC, AMM, FIM etc.
Engine Set #	The engine set number of the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 30).

Enter the following fields in the “Copy Details” group box if you wish to create new aircraft information by copying the details from an existing aircraft:

Aircraft Reg #	The aircraft registration number, the details of which are to be copied into the aircraft that is currently being defined (Alphanumeric, 30). The system allows you to include or exclude parameter details while copying. Help facility available.
Copy Options	The system displays the following options to copy the details from the existing aircraft: All - Check this box to copy all the details of the aircraft, which includes the aircraft model, make, configuration id, revision number of the configuration id, aircraft ownership, owning agency number, preferred stock status, maintenance base, usage type, aircraft type, lead parameter, average daily utilization and the other user defined details. The system also copies all the parameters that are associated to the aircraft.
	Main Details -Click this box to copy all the details of the aircraft other than the parameter details. Details of the aircraft such as the model, manufacturer, configuration, revision number of the configuration, maintenance base, usage type, aircraft type, lead parameter, average daily utilization and the other user defined details are copied.
	Parameters - Click this box to copy only the parameters that are defined for the aircraft entered in the “Aircraft Reg #” field.

Enter the following fields in the “Aircraft Ownership Details” group box:

Reg. Cert #	The number identifying the registration certificate of the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 40). Data entry in this field is mandatory when the “Engagement Type” is “Full Maintenance”.
Issue Date	The date on which the registration certificate was issued (Date Format).

Aircraft Ownership	Use the drop-down list box to indicate the ownership type of the aircraft. The system provides the following options:
	Owned - indicates that the aircraft is owned. Leased - indicates that the aircraft is taken on lease Leased out - indicates that the aircraft is leased out to a third party. Customer – indicates that the aircraft is owned by customer. You must select this option when the “Engagement Type” of the aircraft is “On Request” The system displays “Owned” by default.
	Data selection is mandatory when you have not entered “Aircraft Reg #” field of “Copy Details” group box you have entered “Aircraft Reg #” field and checked the “Parameters” option
Regulatory Authority	Use the drop-down list box to select the regulatory authority to which the aircraft belongs. Regulatory Authorities are the statutory bodies responsible for laying, implementing and monitoring of standards regarding airworthiness of the aircraft. The system lists all the regulatory authorities that are in “Active” status, as defined in the “Create Regulatory Authority Codes” activity of the “Common Masters” business component. Data selection is mandatory when you have not entered “Aircraft Reg #” field of “Copy Details” group box you have entered “Aircraft Reg #” field and checked the “Parameters” option
Lease Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of lease if you have selected “Leased” or “Leased out” in the “Aircraft Ownership” field. The system provides the following options:.
	Wet - indicates that the lessee should maintain the aircraft.
	Dry - indicates that the lessor should maintain the aircraft.
	Leave the field blank if you have selected “Owned” in the “Aircraft Ownership” field. The system leaves the field blank by default.
Owning Agency #	The code identifying the agency who owns the aircraft (Alphanumeric, 25). You must leave this field blank if the "Aircraft Ownership" is "Owned". If the "Aircraft Ownership" is "Customer" ensure that the owning agency is already defined as a customer code in the "Create Customer code" activity of "Customer" business component and is in "Active" status. Help facility available

The system displays the following:

Owning Agency Name

The name of the owning agency

Enter the following field:

Engagement Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the type of service provided to the aircraft. The system lists the following options:

Full Maintenance – Select this option to indicate that full maintenance service would be provided on the aircraft
On Request – Select this option to indicate that the maintenance service would be provided on request. While selecting this option ensure that the “Aircraft Ownership” is “Customer”.

Maint. Operator#

Use the drop-own list box to select the maintenance operator for the aircraft. The drop-down list box displays all the “Active” maintenance operator codes defined in the Common Masters component.

The maintenance operator is mandatory, if the process parameter “Enforce Maintenance Parameter” for entity type “Aircraft Entry” is set to 1 in the “Define Process Entities” activity.

Preferred Stock Status

Use the drop-down list box to specify the preferred stock status. The system lists all the stock statuses having the status attribute as “Ownership – Internal” or “Ownership – Customer” and the transaction as “Aircraft Creation”, as defined in the “User defined Stock Status” business component.

Do not leave this field blank.

Note: If the “Aircraft Ownership” is set as “Owned”, “Leased” or “Leased-Out”, the system ensures that the status attribute of the selected preferred stock status is “Ownership – Internal”.

If the “Aircraft Ownership” is set as “Customer”, the system ensures that the status attribute of the selected preferred stock status is “Ownership – Customer”.

Select the “Operational Details” tab to record the operational details of the aircraft.
Select the “Accounting Details” tab to maintain the accounting details of the aircraft.
Select the “Additional Details” tab to record the additional details of the aircraft.
Click the “Create Aircraft Record” pushbutton to create the aircraft.

The system performs the following on clicking the “Create Aircraft Record” pushbutton:

For the aircraft or model with engagement type as “Full Maintenance”, the system only retrieves the mapped base parameters “Flying Hours” and “Flying Cycles”.
The system creates a new aircraft with the Aircraft Reg # as defined in the “Aircraft Ref #” field. The other details of the aircraft are updated with the details entered and sets its status as “Under Creation”. The system also sets the “Created date” field to the current server date, “Created by” field to the name of the user currently logged in and fills in the “Aircraft Make” and the “Planner Name” fields.
The system inherits the configuration details defined for the aircraft model and configuration class combination present in the respective fields, defined in the “Build Model Configuration” activity of the “Configuration” business component, as the configuration details for the Aircraft registration number.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Technical & Attribute Parameters” link at the bottom of the page to add the technical and attribute parameters for the aircraft.

Select the “Edit Consumption & Range Parameters” link at the bottom of the page to add the consumption and range parameters for the aircraft.

If the aircraft was already in use by another airline operator, select the “Edit Aircraft Ownership History” link at the bottom of the page, to specify the details of the previous owners.
If the aircraft was already under operation before it was inducted into the system, select the “Edit Aircraft Maintenance History” link at the bottom of the page to record the details of the last major maintenance activity that was carried out on the aircraft.
Select the “Edit Notes” link at the bottom of the page to add any other additional information concerning the aircraft.
Select the “Edit Reference Details” link at the bottom of the page to add reference document details for the aircraft.
Select the “Edit Aircraft Record” link at the bottom of the page to modify the aircraft record.
Select the “Build Aircraft Configuration” link at the bottom of the page to update the aircraft configuration.

Refer to the "Configuration" online help for more details.

Select the “Update Aircraft Configuration” link at the bottom of the page to initialize and update the aircraft configuration details.

Refer to the “Component Replacement” online help for more details.

Select the “Maintain Asset Identifier for aircraft” link at the bottom of the page, to associate asset number and asset tag to the aircraft.

Refer to the “Maintain Asset Tracker” online help for more details.

Creating aircraft record – An overview

You can define the details of the aircraft directly or copy the details from an existing aircraft. The aircraft is identified by a unique registration number given by the regulatory authority, serial number given by the manufacturer for easy identification, tab number and a nose number. The nose number is primary used by marketing department for easy identification of the aircraft. The aircraft is associated with an aircraft model so that it inherits the parameters that are already defined for the aircraft model. You can enter the aircraft model directly or select an aircraft model using the help facility. If the aircraft is identified as the item in the “Inventory”, you can also enter the inventory item number of the aircraft.

The structure of the aircraft is identified by the configuration class attached to it. The system displays the configuration classes that are defined for the aircraft model, from which you can select the configuration class to which the aircraft belongs. The system copies the configuration details of the aircraft model and the configuration class selected here while creating the aircraft.

The ownership details of the aircraft, such as the registration certificate number, date of issue of the certificate and the regulatory authority of the aircraft can be entered. If the aircraft has been taken on lease or if it was leased out to another airline operator, the type of the lease should be specified. There are two types of lease, namely, wet lease and dry lease. “Wet lease” indicates that the airline operator taking the aircraft on lease should carry out the maintenance activities on the aircraft. ”Dry lease” indicates that the owner of the aircraft should carry out the maintenance activities on the aircraft.

Note: Lease is a contract by which the owner of the aircraft allows another airline operator to use the aircraft for a specified period of time. Lessee is the airline operator who operates the aircraft on lease and less or is the actual owner of the aircraft.

The organizational unit, in which the maintenance activities are carried out, is identified as the maintenance base for the aircraft. Details such as the name of the planner, the date on which the aircraft is inducted to the system and the date, from which the aircraft will be put to operation, must be entered. The type, usage and the condition of the aircraft, whether operational or under maintenance, can be specified. For example, the aircraft type can be “Wide-body” and “Narrow body” and “Usage Type” can be “Passenger” and “Combi”.

The lead parameter, which indicates the life of the aircraft, can be specified along with its average daily utilization. Maintenance activities to be carried out on the aircraft can be forecast based on the average daily utilization of the lead parameter. You can enter the lead parameter directly or select a lead parameter using the help facility.

Note: A lead parameter is identified from a set of consumption parameters defined for the aircraft, based on the importance of the parameter in indicating the life of the aircraft. For example, if flight hours and flight cycles are identified as the consumption parameters for the aircraft, you can choose one of them as the lead parameter, and this parameter may indicate the life of an aircraft

The commercial details of the aircraft such as the purchase order number, purchase order date, value at which the aircraft was acquired and the present book value of the aircraft can be entered, along with any other additional information relevant for carrying out maintenance activities of the aircraft.

Prerequisites

“Create Aircraft Model” activity
“Create Regulatory Authority Codes” in “Common Master” business component.
“Create Configuration Class” in “Configuration” business component.
"Create Quick Codes” activity.

What you can do in this page

Associate configuration class to aircraft

Specify aircraft ownership details

Specify lease type

Specify the maintenance base for an aircraft

Specify multiple condition for an aircraft

Specify the type of the aircraft

Specify the usage type of the aircraft

Associate configuration class to aircraft

This logical structure, depicting the skeleton of the aircraft, is basically defined at the aircraft model level. The aircraft registration numbers associated to the model can inherit these logical structures. Once inherited, the logical structure becomes an independent entity for that particular aircraft, which means, the structure can be modified without affecting the structure from where it was inherited.

The system displays the various configuration classes associated to the aircraft model and you can select the configuration class, which you wish to associate to the aircraft.

Click the “Get Configuration Classes” pushbutton to retrieve the configuration class defined for the aircraft model, in the “Configuration Class” drop-down list box.
Select the appropriate configuration class in the “Configuration Class” drop-down list box.
Click the “Create Aircraft Record” pushbutton to copy the configuration details to the aircraft.

The system copies the configuration details defined for the aircraft model and configuration class to the aircraft that is being defined.

Specify aircraft ownership details

You can specify the ownership details of the aircraft, which could be “Owned”, “Leased”, “Leased Out” or "Customer".

Set the “Aircraft Ownership” drop-down list box to “Owned” to specify that the aircraft is owned.
Set the “Aircraft Ownership” drop-down list box to “Leased” to specify that the aircraft is taken on lease.
Set the “Aircraft Ownership” drop-down list box to “Leased Out” to specify that the aircraft is leased out to a third party.
Set the “Aircraft Ownership” drop-down list box to “Customer” to specify that the aircraft is owned by the customer.

Specify lease type

You can specify the type of lease for the “Leased” or “Leased Out” aircraft. There are two types of lease, namely, wet lease and dry lease. “Wet lease” indicates that the airline operator taking the aircraft on lease should carry out the maintenance activities on the aircraft. ”Dry lease” indicates that the owner of the aircraft should carry out the maintenance activities on the aircraft.

Set the “Lease Type” to “Wet” to indicate that the lessee should maintain the aircraft.
Set the “Lease Type” to “Dry” to indicate that the lessor should maintain the aircraft.

Specify the maintenance base for an aircraft

The maintenance base is the default location or organizational unit where the aircraft can be serviced.

Specify the organizational unit, in which the maintenance activities are carried out in the “Default Maint Base” field of the “Operational Details” group box.

Specify multiple conditions for an aircraft

You can specify the condition of the aircraft. This facilitates the tracking of the present condition of a given aircraft.

Set the “Aircraft Condition” field to “Operational” to indicate the aircraft is in working condition.
Set the “Aircraft Condition” field to “Under Maintenance” to indicate the aircraft is under maintenance
Set the “Aircraft Condition” field to “Phased Out” to indicate the aircraft is not in working condition.

Specify the type of the aircraft

You can specify the aircraft type which could be “Wide-Body”, “Narrow Body” etc., The aircraft type are defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity. The system lists all the quick codes defined for the aircraft type in the “Aircraft Type” drop-down list box.

Set the “Aircraft Type” drop-down list to appropriate option to specify the type of the aircraft.

Specify the usage type of the aircraft

You can specify the usage type which could be “Passenger”, “Cargo”, “Combi” etc., The usage type are defined in the “Create Quick Codes” activity. And the system lists all the quick codes defined for the usage type in the “Usage Type” drop-down list box.

Set the “Usage Type” field to appropriate option to select the usage type of the aircraft.