Akasa Air has chosen the cloud enabled Navitaire Airline Platform to power its digital retailing strategy.
According to a Navitaire press release, Akasa Air will leverage key solutions, including the order-based reservation and retailing system, New Skies, Digital Platform, GoNow day-of-departure and SkyLedger revenue accounting systems.
Anand Srinivasan, Co-Founder and Chief Information Officer, Akasa Air, said, “Our goal is to leverage best-in-class technology and build a data-driven organisation and our partnership with a technology leader like Navitaire is a testament to the same.”
David P. Evans, CEO, Navitaire, said, “Our proven digital commerce solutions, digital experience capabilities, and cloud-first approach are uniquely suited to help visionary airlines like Akasa Air leverage new technology specifically designed to help the leading digital pioneers of the skies move fast and grow fast.”
The upcoming low-cost airline plans to start its operations this summer and will serve routes between metro to tier 2 and 3 cities in India. It plans to add international routes from next year.
Akasa Air has ordered 72 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to be delivered over the next five years.