 Chennai: The city-based enterprise solutions company Ramco Systems Limited is targetting the growing low cost airlines for its web-centric aviation and maintenance, repairs and overhaul (MRO) software. The company is looking at the emerging demand as nearly $12 billion worth of aircrafts has been ordered by the domestic private and public sector airlines. According to Jim Fitzgerald, senior vice president, talks are being held with the domestic private airlines. The lead time for an order is normally long and may take even two years. As the private airlines fleet consists of new crafts, the demand for MRO solution is expected to take off in a year or so. "The challenge for low cost airlines is to have a fully functional software that is low-cost. As these are new airliners without any legacy software, the software implementation costs should be lower." Over the next ten years, the Asian MRO industry is project to touch $12.2 billion, that is 24 per cent of the global market. The company's aviation and MRO software is pre-built for fixed and rotary wing operators, MRO service providers and original equipment manufacturers. The software has the components for engineering and technical document management, hangar maintenance planning and execution, configuration and component management, flight operations, reliability management, quality audit and library management, inventory management, human resource management, MRO sales management, financial management, aviation analytics and electronic flight bag. The latest success for Ramco Systems is the winning of JeJu Air Company, South Korea. The company expects a 70 per cent growth in the client base. The current client list include Indian (formerly Indian Airlines), Indian Air Force, Virgin America, SpiceJet, Safe Air Limited, New Zealand and others. Speaking about the marketing plan, he said, Ramco Systems has tied up with Sabre Airline Solutions to sell the product globally. "We also provide the solution on application solution provider (ASP) model." The company has plans to increase the head count in the aviation division from 235. According to general manager Thamizha Nambi, the division contributes 25 per cent to the company's turnover. It may be recalled, Ramco Systems entered this business in 2001 as a software developer for Boeing Company. The Boeing Company at that time entered the airline software sector to market the product under the Enterprise One brand. Following the 9 / 11 attacks in the US the aircraft manufacturer exited the software business. Having built the software, Ramco Systems decided to pursue this line of activity on its own.
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