Budget airline easyJet is digitising the onboard cabin process to cut down on paper use and weight.
The airline is replacing “weighty” paper technical and cabin logs previously used by cabin crew, engineers, ground crew and flight crew with a new e-techlog system, which will be rolled out across its 346-strong fleet of aircraft during 2025.
easyJet says the move would save more than 300,000 sheets of paper from being printed and stored every year.
It also said the e-techlog system would help streamline the maintenance reporting process for flight crew, cabin crew and engineering – enabling easyJet to increase line maintenance productivity in the process.
”Bolstered by real-time flight and cabin crew reports, the new system will in particular aid easyJet with fewer ground delays, lowering aircraft maintenance times to enable greater aircraft availability and ultimately less disruption for passengers,” it said.
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easyJet COO David Morgan said: “Rolling out Ultramain’s state-of-the-art technology across our fleet of aircraft will not only improve the reporting processes for our crew and engineering teams but will also see fewer delays on the ground, which will help further enhance the travel experience for our customers.
“Our continued investment into innovative solutions like the e-techlog means we’ll not only find quicker solutions to defects but by cutting our paper use and the weight on the aircraft, we are also taking another small but important step to reduce our environmental impact too.”
In April this year, easyJet led the first airside hydrogen-refuelling trial at a major UK airport, as the airline predicts the clean fuel will become increasingly important to short-haul flights.
