GULF AIR, Bahrain’s national carrier, became one of the first airlines to successfully complete the Oracle E-Business suite upgrade to R12 using the national carrier’s in-house IT capabilities.
Gulf Air CEO Maher AlMusallam, said: “This is another testament to the strength of Gulf Air’s in-house IT capabilities whereby our national carrier’s internal resources were utilised to implement the Oracle E-Business suite upgrade to R12, thereby ensuring significant cost-savings for the airline. We have chosen to rely fully on our internal resources where their skills and capabilities have been self-developed to be able to carry this work. In doing so we have avoided huge cost of these external parties’ involvement and were able to successfully finish this project in shorter duration.”
Oracle Corporation vice president Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, commented: “Oracle E-Business solutions has a longstanding relationship with Gulf Air and our work together over the years has developed into a partnership that sees Bahrain’s national carrier implement some of the most cutting edge IT solutions offered by our team.”
The Oracle E-Business suite upgrade to R12, which enables better security and access controls for the airline’s financial functions, was completed following extensive planning, testing and implementing on the part of Gulf Air’s in-house IT team.