Aircraft maintenance provider Inflite The Jet Center has signed an agreement to join EmbraerX’s Beacon digital maintenance coordination platform. Operating from 250,000 sq ft of hangar space at London Stansted Airport, Inflite is also one of the largest privately-owned MRO component support providers in Europe.

The MRO provider answers more than 800 AOG and line cases per year and plans to take advantage of Beacon’s web and mobile application designed to accelerate aircraft return-to-service time during unscheduled maintenance events by connecting and synchronizing MROs and the aftermarket supply chain. “For us, it is a proactive shift to place digital at the core of our organization to help our teams deal with the increasing pressure in our industry,” said Inflite general manager Sébastien Albouy. “When we heard about the benefits of Beacon, the intelligence it brings to the operation, and how easy it is to get started, it was a no-brainer.”

In June, Beacon said it concluded more than 35,000 unscheduled maintenance cases by more than 1,000 users. Beacon added that it expects those numbers to grow as the business aviation industry continues its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.