Sita Moves Forward On Air India IT Migration, Looks At Innovative Business
Aviation Week Daily Nov 12, 2010 Airports Information technology specialist Sita says the challenging $190 million, 10-year contract from Air India for its hosted Horizon Passenger Services System (PSS), which stipulates setting up a single airline code for Indian Airlines and Air India, should take off by summer of 2011. The contract requires Sita to complete the integration of the two carriers' systems in 300 days to help Air India enter the Star Alliance as a full-time member. “Any PSS change for an airline is big. It’s a fundamental heart surgery. The project is complex, as it’s a three-step migration. By Jan. 31, 2011, the two carriers will have a single code. “The other objective is to integrate with 27 Star Alliance carriers. The various stages will depend on the cooperation we get from the Star carriers (to set aside their time to share their data),” says Maneesh Jaikrishna, Sita director-South Asia and India. As budgets slowly move upward from recession-hit 2009,...