Kuwait Airways boosts digital drive with KD 5.8 mln ASC pact

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 17: Kuwait’s national carrier, Kuwait Airways, and local IT solutions provider firm Automated Systems Company (ASC) signed on Sunday a three-year deal over resource planning worth KD 5.8 million, the airline’s chief said on Sunday. Hailing the agreement as a step towards pushing forward Kuwait Airways’ digital drive, Abdulmoshen Al-Fagaan said such a deal would allow the national carrier to build a “modern and fully-equipped” operational system, citing the agreement as a “watershed” in the airline’s digital transformation. On the merits of the agreement, he said it would allow the national carrier to build an “integrated system” that would encompass various sectors in a bid to ratchet up operational efficiency, while “data accuracy and speed” will be another by-product of the agreement. He went on to underline the significance of the deal thanks largely to the “nature” of the Kuwaiti flag carrier’s daily operations, which largely depend on meticulous “decision-making and planning,” and the optimal use of resources at the airline’s disposal, added the official. Investing in digital infrastructure has now become the focal point of Kuwait Airways’ day-to-day operations, he said, emphasizing that the flag carrier would continue to accelerate its digital drive in a bid to cope with an “evolving” aviation industry, subsequently keeping growth on an upward trajectory, he said. (KUNA)