IBM – often referred to as Big Blue – has signed a five-and-half-year contract with Finnish national airline, Finnair. The company will assist Finnair in its quest to provide customers with digital services including “mobile on-flight services” by transitioning their current capability into a “flexible, hybrid cloud platform”. Financial aspects of the deal have not been released.
The agreement will see IBM establish the “Finnair Cloud Platform” which will “provide a foundation for the airline to support its growth initiatives”. The objective of the platform is to reduce IT costs and complexity. IBM will oversee Finnair's IT services integration by managing “multiple technology solution vendors” to establish a platform that will unite many of the company’s operational and commercial services.
"This partnership represents a significant opportunity for Finnair to restructure its IT capabilities and reduce the complexities associated with operating a large airline," explained IBM Finland’s Managing Executive, Tuomo Haukkovaara. "IBM Cloud serves as the foundation for compelling new services for customers and will help Finnair accelerate revenue growth while lowering IT costs."
