Dubai, 16 January 2019 - K2 Airways from Pakistan is joining Hitit’s network of airlines partners. The new partnership was launched with a signing ceremony in Dubai, the other headquarters of the airline company aside from Karachi. The airline is a start-up carrier that will begin operating in May 2019. With K2 Airways, Hitit is enhancing its position in Pakistan, after the successful migration of the national flag carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), last September.
Hitit, named one of the Top 5 PSS providers in the field of airline and travel IT systems, will provide K2 Airways with its Crane solution suite. The core system is Crane Pax, a state-of-the-art Passenger Service Solution (PSS). Hitit is demonstrating its high-tech capability with its Crane solution suite, in the airline IT market in Pakistan. Further solutions in use at K2 Airways are the Crane IBE (Internet Booking Engine), Crane DCS (Departure Control System), Crane LL (Loyalty Layer), website design and CMS services.
“After PIA, this partnership with K2 Airways is a significant step to boosting economic relations between the two countries which have supported each other over the years. This agreement is another remarkable example of how Hitit’s experience and expertise can embrace all industry players from start-ups to legacy airlines. Thanks to our solutions, K2 Airways will be receiving a fully functional PSS including a reservation and ticketing solution system, online and mobile booking, departure control system, and loyalty management. We will also prepare a customer-friendly website for the airline.” said Nur Gokman, CEO of Hitit.
Tariq Raja, CEO of K2 Airways said about the new partnership; “We at K2 Airways are very excited to award our requirement for PSS system to Hitit - Turkey after a lengthy evaluation of several comparable PSS Systems in the market. Our specialized team will be integrating this most advance PSS systems with other complementing aviation systems to evolve a powerful IT platform to form backbone of K2 Airways operations in future. K2 Airways will be first private sector operator to use this system beside the National operator for online web based computerized reservation system. The new start up airline is gearing up its infrastructure to launch operations in month of May 2019 making use of state of art Turbo- Prop aircraft.”