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In the last four months, I was hired by Vueling, and during my day-to-day work, I identified areas within the mechanical workflows that could be optimized. This sparked the idea for a project aimed at improving the efficiency of daily maintenance tasks. Choosing to under- take my final degree project at Vueling, I delved into the Maintenance Operation Center (MOC) operations, gaining valuable insights into the daily workings of aircraft maintenance and the structural organization of different MOC departments crucial for airworthiness. The project's primary objective is to analyze and enhance the daily planning process for maintenance tasks, ensuring optimal flight conditions for Vueling's fleet. Focusing on the maintenance task planning process, a thorough analysis was conducted to identify spe- cific areas for optimization in daily planning work. Airbus's innovative tool, Skywise, was then integrated to automate processes amenable to optimization based on the observed variables. The project encompassed a comprehensive examination of planning processes, utilizing Skywise to access relevant databases and optimize the chosen process. This initiative not only aims to enhance efficiency but also contributes to the ongoing evo- lution of maintenance practices within Vueling, aligning with the airline's commitment to excellence in air operations.

Dado el incremento de las operaciones diarias que se realizan en los aeropuertos, cada vez es más necesario optimizar todos los aspectos posibles que se encargan del funcionamiento de las aerolíneas. Uno de estos aspectos se trata de los transportes de tripulación que se desplazan por las zonas aire de las terminales. Estos transportes son los encargados de desplazar a las tripulaciones de los diferentes aviones que aterrizan y despegan de una terminal desde la zona de firma hasta los stands de los aviones. Estos transportes se realizan al principio y al final de cada turno de las tripulaciones

Twenty years ago, the first low-cost airlines in Spain appeared. The introduction of these companies called low cost in the Spanish territory have benefited us exponentially in the traffic of passengers. More specifically, we can say that in Barcelona at the El Prat de Llobregat airport last year there was a great increase in circulation by low cost companies. One of the national companies par excellence is Vueling Airlines, which is located its main operating base in El Prat del Llobregat. It is the largest airline within Spanish territory in terms of destinations and by size of fleet and the second by number of passengers transported within Spanish territory, only surpassed by Irish Ryanair. The relationship between the EETAC (School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering of Castelldefels) with the offices of Vueling Airlines has always collaborated so that students can develop their engineering skills from practices and collaborations. Work with the company from final research projects. Based on these collaborations, we have been able to develop research projects like this, which begin with the active participation in the Department of Vueling Operations Engineering, specifically in the field of Weight and Balance. Vueling Airlines is one of the pioneer airlines in the aeronautical sector in Spain. In order for a large company like this to remain the country's first, it is necessary that there is constant optimization and supervision of its operation. The Weight and Balance department is in charge of this aspect but focusing only on the weight and balance of the aircraft. This document attempts to analyze the program in charge of the distribution of passengers within the company's own aircraft. First of all, we analyze the current distribution program for passengers of the Vueling Airlines company, finding their weak points and possible points to improve. A fieldwork has been carried out with all the data of distribution of previous flights of Vueling. O

The project deals with the consequences of an aircraft being stopped due to maintenance issues or being taken out of service due to failures, blows, limitations or other problems based on the author's experience working in the maintenance department of Vueling Airlines. The consequences derived from this study may not be applicable to airlines with different systems and processes. The main topic of this paper focuses on the management of aircraft that are out of service (an AOG, aircraft on ground), the different types of AOGs that can be found depending on the consequences for which they are out of service. In addition the possible solutions we have and the duration of these will be discussed. There are different problems depending on the bases or airports in which the aircraft is (since in all airports there is not the same maintenance service) that leads to the procedures by which the aircraft are declared in AOG are different. We will also explain how to send the material and the search that has to be done, to know which piece is the one to send. It will explain the impact suffered by the passage or the operation of the airline with the possible consequences that this entails. We can have from a possible change of plane to a cancellation. Therefore, we will explain the problems that there are when you do not have airplanes to be able to do the flights assigned to the airplane that is now in AOG. To make us more aware of the problem of having planes out of service, we will describe examples that will allow us to make visible how they evolve until the plane is ready to fly. And in order to see the importance of these, there is an analysis of all the planes that were in AOG in August 2018. Finally we will talk about the possible improvements that could be made in the area of maintenance, in order to improve AOG times and the entire maintenance system.

The ICAO and Eurocontrol strategies contemplate the transition to satellite navigation systems with the aim of achieving greater precision in terms of aircrafts positioning. This allows the reduction of separation distances between them by improving the current air traffic congestion problems. This means that the European airlines must adapt to the new navigation performance thus requiring updating the systems of their aircraft operating procedures in the manuals and training the flight crews to operate properly. At the end of 2017 Vueling Airlines received approval from EASA to operate RNAV10, RNP1, RNP4 and RNP APCH and thus allowing it to fly the routes more efficiently. This project proposes the study of the benefits together with the analysis and planning of the most sophisticated type of navigation implementation: the RNP AR approaches. Throughout this document, the actions to be carried out by the Vueling Airlines company will be temporarily organized to obtain the approval to operate the RNP AR APCH. You can see the internal procedure performed by the operator to obtain this certification. The technical concept of these approaches will be developed respect to the current navigation specifications; and the procedure implemented by the RNP AR APCH will be analyzed to obtain its benefits and optimization.