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European airlines extend contract with IBS
Spanish airline Iberworld and Italian airline Blue Panorama have
extended their contracts for the use of TopAir, an airline
flight operations system. The contracts were signed with Avient
Solutions, IBS’ Global Centre of Excellence for Flight
Operations operating out of London.
According to Mr. Jose Luis Cardona, IT and Quality Director at
Iberworld, 'Avient has provided us with excellent service. Their
support has enabled us to successfully integrate our other IT
systems with TopAir.' Iberworld has been successfully using
TopAir for the last four years, and have now opted to continue
with the system for another three years. Avient has provided
extensive support to Iberworld in integrating its IT systems and
building complex crew rules into TopAir which has resulted in an
error-free environment and a reduction in both manual effort and
redundancy. In 2005, Avient built an Aircraft Communications
Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) interface, which
provides flight operations with real-time flight information.
According to Mr. Pecci, President - Blue Panorama, “With TopAir
implemented in my airline, it allows me to get real-time
information wherever I am. The flexibility of TopAir has proved
its worth to me and my airline.” Blue Panorama currently uses
TopAir to manage its flight scheduling, flight operations and
crew management processes and has extended their contract for a
further five years. Since implementing TopAir in 2000, Blue
Panorama has increased its fleet from five to eleven aircraft,
and with TopAir in place, it has resulted in a problem-free
period of growth for the airline. Communication costs have been
reduced and unnecessary expenditure has been curtailed.
TopAir automates airline operations that include flight
scheduling, fleet planning, crew management, flight operations,
fuel management, catering management, aircraft checks planning
and finance control activities. An integrated solution that
avoids data redundancy, and provides real-time information
across various departments in the airline, TopAir makes
operations easier for scheduled, charter, low-cost and cargo
airlines. With ten airlines using TopAir currently, the product
has garnered a significant market share in the European airline
market.
IBS has further developed TopAir after acquiring it from EDS
(Electronic Data Systems), to ensure that all critical
functionality with regard to flight operations in an airline is
addressed, and has customised it for different global market
regions. The product is available in different database versions
to suit clients’ needs, with airlines having the choice to
migrate from one version to the other.
Among TopAir’s other customers are Farnair (an alliance of
European Cargo airlines), Darwin Airline (Switzerland), Windjet
(Italy), Hello AG (Switzerland), ItAli (Rome), Alpi Eagles
(Italy), Swiss (Switzerland) and First Choice Airlines (UK).
Having established itself in Europe, IBS is now aggressively
moving to market TopAir in the Middle East, USA and the
Asia-Pacific markets.
About IBS Software Services: The IBS Group (IBS) is a leading IT
solutions provider to the global Travel, Transportation and
Logistics industry. A specialist in the domain, IBS offers a
range of software solutions that manage mission-critical
operations of major airlines, airports, oil and gas companies
and seaports world-wide. In addition, IBS offers services that
include software development, business and technology
consulting, turnkey solutions, customer support services,
application maintenance, and business process outsourcing. IBS
is SEI CMM Level-5 assessed, ISO 9001:2000 and TickIT certified,
and operates two software production and competence development
centres in India. With some of the world’s leading corporations
as clients, IBS has business operations in the Americas, Europe,
Asia-Pacific as well as the Middle East and Africa regions.
More information about IBS and TopAir can be found on the web at
http://www.ibsplc.com. For media enquiries, please contact
Pradeep P. Suthan at +91-471-2700080 or at pradeeps@ibsplc.com.
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