IBS Software inks 10-year contract with Lufthansa

dubai — IBS Software, a leading IT solutions provider to the global aviation industry, has inked a deal with Lufthansa for replacing the airline’s legacy Unisys based Crew Management applications with iFlight Crew, a state-of-the-art airline crew management solution by IBS.

The multi-million euro deal was signed by Dr Roland Schütz, CIO of Lufthansa, and V K Mathews, executive chairman of The IBS Group on the sidelines of the IBS Customer Summit in Dubai.

IBS was selected after a thorough evaluation process and iFlight Crew will now replace the legacy Unisys based application which Lufthansa used for the past 30 years. Once implemented, this will be an important step for Lufthansa to modernise their crew management system. As part of the implementation, over 40 inbound/outbound interfaces would be built that will aid in crew rostering, crew scheduling, crew check-in, crew hotel & transport by facilitating seamless dataflow to the existing crew management applications. iFlight Crew is an integrated software package that determines the most cost-effective use of airline crew at every stage from tactical manpower management through day-of-operations execution to disruption recovery.

The solution is designed to support all types of airlines in all geographies and aligned to the industry defined best practices of crew management. IBS iFlight Crew solution powers some of the leading airlines in the world including Emirates, British Airways, KLM, Jet Airways and Virgin Atlantic. VK Mathews said: “Lufthansa is an iconic name in the airline industry and to be chosen by them to augment their crew management capabilities, one of the most critical elements of airline operations, is a true endorsement of our capability, professionalism and commitment to support the requirements of global organisations.”