Executive Summary
Aviation companies are looking toward AI to create the capacity needed for growth and for managing through a generational change in talent as institutional knowledge retires.
A panel of IFS customers at IFS Unleashed 2026 in Orlando focusing on aviation maintenance illustrated why industrial AI is less sizzle reel and more practical use cases and returns.
DJ Rounsoville, managing director of strategy and digital solutions at Southwest Airlines, said capacity is falling behind demand and airlines are losing experience as technicians retire. Rounsoville said the challenge for the aviation industry is “more of an experience
