Malaysia Airlines chooses Kerala IT firm’s software

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - MASholidays, the travel and leisure arm of Malaysia Airlines, has opted for the city-based IBS Software Services’ tour management solution ‘iFly Tour’, the IT firm said here Thursday.

iFly Tour, a product under the iFly solution suite, offers an online booking system that is fully integrated with real time inventory of flights, hotel rooms and other products.

‘With this new online booking system, MASholidays will introduce new packages and provide more flexibility in our offerings,’ said Dato Rashid Khan, commercial director of Malaysia Airlines.

‘The new solution will significantly improve the back-office administrations, enhance our booking process flow and upgrade our overall service to the customers. We look forward to having this system in place together with IBS and it should be ready to go live by second half of 2009,’ he added.

V.K. Mathews, chairman and chief executive of IBS Group, said the company was proud to be associated with Malaysia Airlines.