flydubai partners with HackMania
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flydubai recently announced its partnership with Hyderabad-based tech startup, HackMania, to promote its Application Programming Interface (API) App Store.
As part of this initiative, which will focus on Passenger Service Systems (PSS), a series of hackathons will be conducted throughout the year that will enable hackers across India to develop products covering various themes around air travel and customer experience.
The airline is also setting up its first ‘Indian Development Centre’ (IDC) in Hyderabad. The Centre will lead flydubai’s IT and technology innovation and will be a hub for software development, research and operations.
Winners of the hackathon will be offered an internship with the airline and will have an opportunity to incubate their ideas to deliver innovative travel solutions and contribute to flydubai’s App Store.
Ramesh Venkat, flydubai’s chief information officer (CIO), said: “This initiative with a leading start-up provides opportunity for us to meet with some of the young developers currently driving innovation. The ideas generated from the hackathon, being held in India, will help to ensure that we remain at the forefront of technological developments.”
Through this platform, the airline will create awareness amongst the developer community about its Open API strategy.
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