Decentralized Log Book For Aircraft Maintenance using Blockchain

Abstract

The aviation industry has been growing rapidly worldwide and the industry has seen an ever- increasing growth in passenger count. With an increasing number of passengers and aircrafts there is a need for better systems to be implemented for handling the massive amount of data including passenger identities, tickets, baggage and cargo, aircraft registrations, supply chain management and aircraft maintenance records. Blockchain technology has been getting increasingly popular since its inception and many industries including healthcare, finance, banking and real estate have been focused on implementing blockchain based solutions for their needs. A blockchain based solution for aircraft maintenance will allow for the creation of a digital twin of an aircraft that uses the state of all the individual aircraft components to reflect the present state of the aircraft which would be critical to predict when maintenance is needed and to reduce delays and disasters caused by unpredictable failure of aircraft components.