The Lean Airline Blog

Lean Digest: Quick, Actionable Solutions for Aviation Leaders

  • Jan 7, 2026

Moving Forward with Lean

A list of practical ideas to help airlines turn operational challenges into opportunities for improvement and better team performance.

  • Jan 6, 2026

Airworthiness in 2026: What Operators Need to Know

Key insights on fleet aging, regulatory changes, digital tools, and workforce readiness to keep airworthiness safe and efficient in 2026.

  • Dec 31, 2025

Hansei: The Art of Self-Reflection with the Power to Transform Operations

When was the last time you reflected on your work—what went wrong, what went well, and how to create plans to prevent issues from repeating?

  • Dec 30, 2025

Historic or Anticipated? Fleet Average or Individual? All About Aircraft Utilization

Explore best practices to calculate anticipated aircraft utilization and ensure compliant, safe, and effective maintenance programs.

  • Dec 23, 2025

Reliability Starts with One Skill: Set the Standards, Catch the Deviations

Discover why defining performance standards and identifying deviations is key to data-driven aircraft reliability—across alert, index, event, and trend-based programs.

  • Dec 17, 2025

Beyond Indicators: Building a KPI-Driven Culture

Use KPIs not only to drive performance but also to boost engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement.

  • Dec 16, 2025

The Reliability Cycle: A Continuous Approach to Aircraft Reliability

Discover how the Reliability Cycle enhances aircraft safety and reliability, and drives effective airworthiness decisions.

  • Dec 10, 2025

Yokoten: Learning Across Airline Operations

Explore how horizontal knowledge sharing helps airlines prevent errors and foster continuous improvement.

  • Dec 9, 2025

UPS Flight 2976 Accident: Reflections on the Left Engine Pylon Failure

Preliminary report highlights fatigue cracks and overstress failure in left engine pylon: what this means for the Aircraft Maintenance Program
Safety Intelligence Alone Will Ruin Your Airline

  • Dec 3, 2025

Safety Intelligence Alone Will Ruin Your Airline

No Financial and Efficiency Intelligence? Safety Intelligence won’t save your airline. Integrating all three dimensions is key to sustainable growth.

  • Dec 2, 2025

Structural Smarts: Aircraft Repairs

From damage assessment to repair classification, inspections, and monitoring for continued aircraft structural integrity.

  • Nov 26, 2025

Inside or Outside? The Strategic Side of Outsourcing in Airlines

Discover how airlines decide which operations to manage internally and which to outsource for efficiency, cost savings, and operational control.