JKCS sponsors IATA Summit in Amsterdam

JKCS was one of the main sponsors of the prestigious IATA IT Summit 2007, which was held in Amsterdam on December 4 and 5.

The International Air Transport Association, popularly known as IATA, hosted its annual IT summit in the Netherlands for the third consecutive year and the event was well attended by top officials of airlines around the world.

The JKCS sponsorship increases the company’s brand awareness globally and further expands its network in the fast-moving aviation business.

John Keells Computer Services (JKCS) sponsored this year’s event along with other mainstream aviation IT providers such as Amadeus, Oracle, SAP, SITA and Lufthansa Systems.

The Head of IT of Qatar Airways, Sourav Sinha was invited by JKCS to be a guest speaker at the event. His topic of discussion was “Passenger service systems: commodity or competitive advantage?” Qatar Airways, ranked among the world’s Top 10 by “Skytrax”, is a key JKCS customer.

Some of the other speakers at the event were Toru Sato - Senior Vice President of All Nippon Airways (ANA), Jack Wang - Managing Director Technology of Continental Airlines and Roy Braganza - Manager Remote Check-In, American Airlines.