Abstract

Fleet Status is a web-based application to track fleet status and provide real time information regarding out-of-service aircraft and can be accessed at any time by company stakeholders. This application has been developed as a proof of concept for DHL Express, a large international shipping company. In the United States, most of the flying is done by DHL’s U.S. and Canadian Airline partners like ABX Air, Amerijet, and Cargojet. In some cases, DHL owns the aircraft, but those aircraft are still operated by DHL’s airline partners in what’s called a CMI agreement, where the DHL provides the aircraft, and the airline provides the crew and maintenance. The Fleet Status application is a flexible tool that allows DHL Network Control to keep track of the aircraft status for the hundreds of aircraft operating in the DHL Network even though they are being flown by up to 16 different Airlines.