FLY91, India’s youngest regional airline, has partnered with IBS Software to power its commercial operations and make air travel more accessible across India. This partnership aims to provide an air alternative to road and rail travel across underserved routes in India. The collaboration will leverage IBS Software’s modern Omni-channel iFly Res commerce platform, enabling dynamic and personalized pricing, flexible rules engines, and a rich set of APIs to create a compelling user experience.
FLY91’s mission is to deliver comfortable, reliable, and affordable flights, opening up new travel opportunities to previously underserved cities. By implementing IBS Software’s technology, FLY91 will be able to react to market dynamics in real time, ensuring cost-effective and competitive fares compared to alternative modes of transport.
The airline’s access to an API-driven ecosystem allows it to open its services and routes to interline partners, connecting tier 2 and tier 3 cities across India and providing last-mile coverage to smaller destinations.
FLY91 has secured its first set of routes under the government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN, which aims to connect unserved regional airports and roll out approximately 1,000 new regional routes. FLY91 started commercial operations on March 18, 2024, and operates a fleet of turboprop ATR 72-600 aircraft from its home base at Goa’s Manohar International Airport.
Prasanna Subramaniam, CTO at FLY91, commented: “At FLY91 we are striving to deliver comfortable, reliable and affordable flights for everyone in India, opening up new travel opportunities to cities that have been underserved in the past. Delivering a simple and slick reservation experience will be a critical part of our success as we look to inspire a new demographic of air passengers. It is also vital that we deliver a peerless experience and can react to market dynamics in real-time to keep costs down. Making all that happen requires brilliant and like-minded partners like IBS Software. We are excited they are on the journey with us as we enable the next 100 million Indians to take flight.”
Gautam Shekar, Senior Vice President at IBS Software, said: “FLY91 is an airline with a clear vision and a bright future. They also recognise that embracing cutting-edge technology is fundamental to realising their ambitions. We’re thrilled to have been trusted to power the commercial operations of such a visionary carrier. We look forward to supporting FLY91 by delivering differentiated customer experiences that help unlock a new wave of travel opportunities for millions of Indians.”
FLY91 was Founded by industry veterans including CEO Manoj Chacko, who has earlier worked in senior leadership roles at Emirates Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines, American Express, SOTC and WNS.
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