A decade of predictive-maintenance AI, quietly preventing delays no one notices
easyJet · 2015–ongoing
What they did
Since a 2015 study with Airbus proved fault patterns were predictable from flight and maintenance data ahead of existing cockpit alerts, easyJet has built out a predictive-maintenance system (now 22 live models via Airbus's Skywise platform) that flags failing parts before they cause a delay or cancellation.
What happened
Between January 2019 and September 2025, easyJet reports the system helped avoid 171 major delays, 662 minor delays, and 1,343 cancellations. Despite a growing fleet over that period, easyJet has maintained aircraft availability at 98.63% and technical dispatch reliability at 99.57%.
The so-what
This is the least visible kind of AI win — nobody notices a delay that didn't happen — and it's also one of the most durable: a decade of steady, unglamorous model deployment against a single well-defined metric (part failure before it grounds a plane), with no viral moment in either direction.