Cost Management of Preservation and Maintenance in airlines

The air transport industry is considered as a forerunner and influential industry in the progress and development of any country and its status is one of the main and important indicators of development. Hegemony to the cost structure of airlines can manage the aircraft operating system on a systematic basis.The purpose of this research is to study and scrutiny the cost of aircraft maintenance in the airline and provide practical solutions to reduce these costs.To achieve this purpose, first, cost reduction methods were identified by studying documents and libraries and research background.Then a questionnaire was developed by Delphi method with a range of 5 Likert options and was distributed in 3 stages among 20 experts of airlines and cost reduction strategies were identified using SPSS software.Then, in order to prioritize the identified solutions, a hierarchical analysis questionnaire was prepared and distributed among the skilled staff of an airline.The results of the questionnaires were analyzed in Expert Choice software and the strategies were prioritized in four dimensions: structure, manpower, technology and budgeting.Finally, according to the research results, applicable solutions were presented based on 4 dimensions.