This Airlines Deal Portends More Back-End Shakeups on Tech and Data
Photo Credit: A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-200 takes off. The airline is a customer of Airfare Insight (AFI), which is moving from SITA to ATPCO. Singapore Airlines
Skift Take
ATPCO's acquisition of fare management tech from SITA probably won't be the last project airlines will reassign. This month's appointment of Alex Zoghlin as CEO of ATPCO suggests further changes are looming.
Airlines have begun to reassign responsibilities for technological development across the organizations they control. One efficiency move came Tuesday when airline-owned ATPCO, formerly known as the Airline Tariff Publishing Company, said it had bought a fare management system from SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques), a tech provider that is also run by the airlines.
The organizations did not disclose deal terms.
ATPCO is taking over the product and customers for Airfare Insight (AFI). About 20 airlines use the system to manage the setting of fares in response to shifting market conditions.
A majority of customers, including Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas, and Virgin Atlantic, support the product's move to ATPCO. None of the others have yet said no, according to ATPCO.
The deal signals a broader refresh. This month, Alex Zoghlin became president and CEO of ATPCO, filling a position vacated when Rolf Purzer retired lat
