AIRCRAFT IT Operations: VENDOR FLIGHT LOG
VENDOR FLIGHT LOG: HONEYWELL FORGE
Boris Bliznakov shares the all-around efficiency improvement offer that keeps Honeywell Forge Flight Efficiency growing from strength to strength Boris has been in the aviation industry for more than 12 years and part of Honeywell for the last seven years. Within the Honeywell Connected Enterprise, his responsibilities include product development and strategy of the Honeywell Forge Flight Efficiency portfolio. He holds an MSc Aviation Management from Cranfield University, where he specialized in Airline Sustainability SaaS Solutions and Airport Planning and Management. Aircraft IT: Your name, your job title and the name of the business? Boris Bliznakov: Boris Bliznakov, Senior Product Manager for Honeywell Forge Flight Efficiency, part of the Honeywell Forge suite of enterprise performance management solutions. Aircraft IT: How did Honeywell Forge Flight Efficiency get started? BB: Originally, Honeywell Forge Flight Efficiency was created in 2009 as Aviaso’s fuel efficiency software. Honeywell acquired Aviaso in 2015, merging Honeywell’s comprehensive service offerings and industry leadership with Aviaso’s domain expertise. Since then, the start-up point solution has grown into a Flight Data Analytics platform, expanding beyond the fuel efficiency use case to address cross-domain use cases like Sustainability, On-Time Performance, Flight Safety and Maintenance, and Operational Efficiency.
Aircraft IT: What is the guiding business principle that drives Honeywell Forge? BB: Honeywell Forge Flight Efficiency is part of a diverse collection of Honeywell Forge solutions that serve verticals including airlines, industrial, warehouse, buildings and more. At its core, Honeywell Forge solution is an enterprise performance management system that reinvents the way industries measure, analyze and run their complex operations. This means we provide software and services that allow customers to future-proof their investments, make data-driven decisions, and accelerate their digital transformation. Aircraft IT: What has Honeywell Forge Flight Efficiency’s greatest business achievement been to date, and why? BB: We are proud to be the flight efficiency and analytics software of record for more than 30 airlines globally of all types and sizes. Over 2,700 tails on average report data daily to our system. Our greatest AIRCRAFT IT Operations • SUMMER 2022 • 40
achievement is earning the trust and partnership of these customers, several of whom pre-date our transition to Honeywell — and some of whom have been with us since the beginning.
“Over 2,700 tails on average report data daily to our system. Our greatest achievement is earning the trust and partnership of these customers, several of whom pre-date our transition to Honeywell — and some of whom have been with us since the beginning.”
