Wipro launches aviation IT products in partnership with Qatar Airways

BANGALORE, INDIA: Wipro Ltd announced the launch of a range of IT products for the aviation industry.

The aviation IT product portfolio comprises of two categories of solutions: enterprise and mobility solutions. Enterprise solutions include products for crew management, route profitability analysis, loyalty management, inflight catering, aircraft maintenance planning and crisis management. Mobility solutions include products for pilots, cabin crew and flight dispatchers.

The extensive product portfolio aims to address critical airline business functions, which have a direct bearing on service quality, operational efficiency and strategic decision making. These products provide competitive advantage to an airline through comprehensive functional features complimented by open technology platforms. Functionally rich and user-friendly, the innovative and technologically advanced products are expected to fill gaps in the IT applications portfolios of many airlines and provide an edge over competitors.

In September 2012, Wipro entered into a strategic partnership with Qatar Airways to research and develop the portfolio by bringing together Wipro's expertise in application management and support, and Qatar Airways' aviation systems' expertise, resulting in new software products for the airline industry.

"These solutions have played a key role in enhancing customer service and operational efficiency of Qatar Airways," said Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways. "Now these already proven solutions can be brought to market and deployed in a variety of means such as licensing or Software as a Service."