New partnership sees IATA take flight in the Interoute cloud
Interoute Virtual Data Centre provides secure, global ICT infrastructure to support IATA financial systems
London, October 4th 2016 – Interoute, owner operator of a global cloud services platform and one of Europe’s largest networks, has today announced that the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the trade association for the world’s airlines, has selected Interoute as its preferred ICT partner. Interoute will become the hosting and managed services provider for a critical set of IATA’s Industry Settlement Systems and Services, as well as delivering DDoS protection and security consultancy. Interoute Virtual Data Centre (VDC) will enable IATA to sustain its critical applications and systems providing settlement services for airlines across the globe.
IATA is a not-for-profit organisation, currently representing some 265 airlines worldwide, which equates to 83% of total air traffic[1]. From its offices in 53 countries around the world, IATA works with its members to make air transport safer, more profitable and efficient through the implementation of global standards and solutions. As part of its remit to serve the air transport industry, IATA develops and operates many critical financial systems and applications.
Interoute will host IATA’s Europe operations in its Geneva and Zurich VDC zones. Two applications are already in the on boarding process, the first of which is the ‘IATA Clearing House’ (ICH). This provides fast, secure and cost-effective settling of accounts between the world’s airlines, airline-associated companies and Travel Partners. In 2015, the ICH processed $54.3 billion in billing transactions, with a settlement success rate of 99.99999%[2]. The second is the ‘IATA Remittance and Settlement Integrated Solution’, which processes the collection and settling of billing amounts due.
Pascal Buchner, CIO at IATA, commented: “As an international organisation running highly critical applications for the aviation industry, we are excited to have found in Interoute a global cloud provider who can support our broad set of Information Communications Technology (ICT) needs in Europe. Interoute’s infrastructure brings us the scale and reach vital for us to provide a best in class service to airlines.”
Matthew Finnie, CTO at Interoute, added: “Interoute VDC offers a global cloud of integrated network and compute resources, across 17 Interoute VDC zones in Europe, North America and Asia. Its scalable computing capability delivered globally, combined with its ability to restrict data and applications to specific geographies is exactly the environment IATA required. We are delighted to bring them on board and act as a true partner, driving value and innovation for IATA and the airlines it serves.”
Notes
[1] http://www.iata.org/pressroom/facts_figures/fact_sheets/Documents/fact-sheet-iata.pdf
[2] www.iata.org/ich
About IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is the trade association for the world’s airlines, representing some 265 airlines or 83% of total air traffic. We support many areas of aviation activity and help formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues. www.iata.org
About Interoute
Interoute is the owner-operator of one of Europe’s largest networks and a global cloud services platform which encompasses 12 data centres, 17 virtual data centres and 31 colocation centres, with connections to 195 additional third-party data centres across Europe. Its full-service Unified ICT platform serves international enterprises and many of the world’s leading service providers, as well as governments and universities. Interoute’s Unified ICT strategy provides solutions for enterprises seeking connectivity and a scalable, secure advanced platform on which they can build their voice, video, computing and data services, as well as service providers in need of high capacity international data transit and infrastructure. With established operations throughout Europe and USA, Interoute also owns and operates 24 connected city networks within Europe’s major business centres. www.interoute.com
