How a USD ~1 billion Japanese aviation multinational put its repair-order management and asset records onto the Aviation Blockchain Network — presented as an invited case study for EASA's VIRTUA project, co-delivered by Block Aero and JALUX.
Figures reflect the JALUX production deployment as reported in the January 2024 EASA VIRTUA invited case study.
JALUX Inc. is a Japanese multinational covering the complete aerospace value chain — asset management, engine leasing, engine part-out, parts and chemical distribution, MRO and logistics support, financial solutions, and airport operations — across a worldwide network spanning Japan, the Americas, Singapore, Shanghai, and beyond.
Net sales of JPY 145,271M in FY2023 — 51% growth year on year.
In Japan, up 12% year on year.
JALUX AS/EN9120, JALUX Americas ASA-100, and TRACE CERTIFIED.
JALUX coordinates repairs, parts, and assets across many organizations: MROs, distributors, operators, OEMs, and regulators. Keeping status, documents, and certificates aligned across all of them, with the data integrity its Quality Management System demands, is slow and costly when every party keeps its own separate database.
Records had to be tamper-resistant and verifiable to satisfy JALUX's quality management obligations across borders.
Status of assets and transactions needed to move cleanly between partners, without rekeying or format disputes.
High-volume repair order workflows demanded a single, shared source of truth instead of reconciliation across many systems.
JALUX deployed Block Aero's Digital Asset Manager — including its repair-order (MRO) transaction workflows — on a private, permissioned blockchain replicated peer-to-peer between organizations as a shared, distributed ledger. Web portals for people, APIs for machines, and role-based permissions for everyone.
Easily create on-chain digital-twin asset profiles for aircraft, engines, and parts — each a Blockchain Aviation Asset with a digital passport for back-to-birth events and documentation.
Build best-in-class asset pedigrees by attaching data blocks and immutable certificates — every record carries a hash that validates data integrity for compliance.
Run high-volume repair orders as digital threads — propose, accept, and reconcile orders, with ORG-role permissions controlling who can read and write each record.
JALUX selects Block Aero after aligning on mission, values, and the data-integrity standards its QMS requires.
Block Aero works on-site with JALUX to launch the platform; the first repair-order transaction goes live on-chain.
13,753 repair orders managed, 150,000+ assets created, and $100M+ in transaction volume — a production deployment at enterprise scale, as presented in the EASA VIRTUA case study co-delivered with JALUX.
Aligned mission, vision & values — safety, efficiency, and collaboration.
Data integrity and quality required for the JALUX Quality Management System.
Business value creation — internal efficiency and a better external customer experience.
Tamper-resistant records — encrypted, decentralized data keeps record integrity intact.
Standardized, shareable data — asset and transaction status moves cleanly across organizations.
Lower operating cost — one common distributed ledger replaces many separated databases, with systematized industry rules.
Bring your fleet onto the network, shorten your audits, and protect the value of every asset you manage.