Air France-KLM and Accenture have announced its new partnership to transform and migrate the airline group’s existing digital applications to the cloud.
The new agreement to overhaul its infrastructure will see it move away from its three current proprietary data centers.
As part of this mult-year agreement, Accenture and Air France-KLM have defined a common operating model with a governance process, allowing Accenture to co-lead the whole initiative.
Together, the firms have established a cloud migration factory that uses predefined processes and reusable templates, enabling the simultaneous migration and transformation of Air France-KLM’s existing applications in the cloud.
This has already led to the deployment of 350 applications with a high success rate, thereby fulfilling an ambitious delivery roadmap and allowing for a faster time-to-market of the applications.
“Together with Air France-KLM, we are building resilience and new growth opportunities by harnessing the power of cloud and gen AI,” said Sabine Bechelani, managing director for travel and client account lead at Accenture.
“This collaboration underscores our ability to help clients establish the digital core needed to successfully compete in the operationally complex and highly competitive market of air travel. As a result, we are enabling our clients to thrive and innovate with speed, efficiency and access to information.”
“This collaboration represents a significant milestone in our ongoing digital transformation,” said Pierre-Olivier Bandet, executive vice president information systems at Air France-KLM.
“By leveraging cloud and AI, we can build more flexible and efficient operations that enhance agility and performance across the organization.
“Our work with Accenture will help us unlock new opportunities to streamline processes, optimise decision-making, and leverage data to continuously improve the travel experience for millions of customers.”
