PIA Request for Proposal for Selection of Flight Operations System

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PIA Request for Proposal for Selection of Flight Operations System

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Introduction

Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Limited (PIACL) is the flag carrier of Pakistan and is in the business of air transportation of passengers and cargo and related activities. PIA's primary focus is to serve the Pakistani community at large and travelers across the globe in general. The airline has its offices and stations located across the world. As part of strategizing its position in the niche markets, and to opt for the latest technological platforms, PIACL is looking for a cloud based Flight Operation System with high capabilities. Interested parties should have integrated system for flight planning and operation systems, a good track record in managing operation system migration for large airline carriers and relevant experience.

Airline Primary Information

Airline Name: Pakistan International Airlines
IATA Airline Code: PK
IATA Accounting Code: 0000000044
Headquarters City: Karachi, Pakistan
Years in Operation: Since 1956
Ownership structure: Majority owned by the Government of Pakistan (91.7 %), while public/other shares 4.4 % and PIA Employees Empower Trust shares 3.9 %.
Website address: http://www.piac.com.pk

Facts and Figures

Aircraft Fleet:
5 x ATR 42-500
5 x ATR 72-500
11 x Airbus A320-200
6 x Boeing 777-200ER
2 x Boeing 777-200LR
4 x Boeing 777-300ER

Daily Flights (scheduled) 125 (Average)

Destinations Served:
20 domestic stations – Bahawalpur, Chitral, Dalbandin, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Gilgit, Gwadar, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Moenjodaro, Multan, Panjgur, Peshawar, Quetta, Rahim Yar Khan, Skardu, Sukkur, Sialkot, Turbat and Zhob.

28 international stations (Asia, Middle East, Europe, China, Canada) - Beijing (Peking), Delhi, Dhaka, Kabul, Kuala Lumpur, and Narita (Tokyo), Birmingham, Copenhagen, London, Manchester, Milan, Oslo, Paris, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait, Madinah, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Barcelona, Bangkok, Salalah, Najaf and Toronto.

Passengers Boarded:
2016 5.781 Million
2015 4.638 Million
2014 4.202 Million
2013 4.449 Million
2012 5.236 Million
2011 5.953 Million
2010 5.538 Million

Current Systems
Flight Planning System SABRE Dispatch Manager
Movement Control System SABRE Movement Manager

Flight Operation System

Scope of Work
PIA aims to opt for a cloud based modern Flight Operation System (FOS) with enhanced functionalities and to renew our technology. The FOS solution must facilitate PIA Flight Operations in terms of eliminating costly flight plan submission, and improving our current flight operation system to industry standards.

PIA’s objectives for the new flight operation system are:

Looking for an improved flight planning and operation system which supports 4D Optimization technology or equivalent on the latest industry standard and efficiently provide integration with related surround systems.

The solution provider should comply with the standards defined by IATA, ICAO, A4A, ISO, and other service oriented standards.

Capable of optimizing complete flight planning process aligned with simultaneous analysis in the creation of flight path.

The solution should enable PIA to modify existing processes where required, deploy standard operational procedure where required.

Solution must provide complete functionalities defined in the Functional Requirements Matrix. Successful bidder must test and implement all such functionalities up to the operational satisfaction.

In addition to above solution should facilitate the following:
  • Ground to air, air to air and air to ground, aircraft geographic display to monitor fleet position.
  • Integrated near real-time business intelligence and exploitation of Operational Data to Store, Analyze and provide Insights and perform predictive analytics.
  • Should include cost optimization functionality, altitude, speed, route and time are simultaneously analyzed to create flight route that accounts for fuel costs, CO2 emission and delays.
  • Planning System should provide support for notices to airmen (NOTAM), weather, airport suitability and airspace restrictions with real-time alerts, to manage by exception.
  • The Planning System should be able to file ATS (Air Traffic Services) flight plan to civil-aviation authority and manage slot allocation with FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and CFMU (Central Flow Management Unit).
  • Operation control system will receive flight data from scheduling system and update adhoc changes from flight operations in it. Then forward these changes to other systems. e.g. included but not limited to Departure Control System (Passenger check-in), Reservation & Inventory, flight-planning system and Cargo systems.
A risk free migration of vital flight operation’s data, with no or minimal disruption to current operation.

Availability of data center with impressive processing power and quality standards to ensure secure hosting of airline’s data, as well as best-in-class levels of scalability, reliability and security. The data center must comply with TIER –III standard.

Flight Operation Systems Strategy

Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Limited (PIACL), is soliciting proposals for an integrated Flight Operation Systems from PROVIDERS / BIDDERS.

Functional Requirements for Flight Operation Systems
This Bid is issued to invite reputed and experienced suppliers to provide a cloud based Flight Operation System. This section lists PIA’s current and future functional requirements in line with our flight operation systems strategy. The system must be able to deliver these functional requirements either currently or prior to an agreed upon future date.

The detailed requirements are listed in the Functional Requirements Matrix at the appendix mentioned against each system respectively. Please submit your compliance responses in the Functional Requirements Matrix. A soft copy of Technical Bid along with functional requirement matrix is also needed to be submitted in CD format with Proposal.

Flight Operation System components:
Flight Planning System OS-A
Operation Control System (Movement Control) OS-B

FOS Strategy with Surrounded Systems
PIA reserves the right to select the FOS solutions presented by the provider and in case PIA decides to select any system(s) or have already installed system by other vendor other than the provider, the provider will ensure integration of that system with its flight operation systems.

System Migration
The PROVIDER that can show demonstrable capability of end-to-end synchronized migration of flight operation’s data along with all associated information to another system. PIACL is seeking a solution that focuses effort on the efficient deployment of the PROVIDER solution.

In addition to the timing of migration and implementation, PIACL values reliability and availability for the, in scope Services. PIACL wishes to deploy the system to the best of its abilities and to this end is looking for a vendor that can both demonstrate and deploy best practice use of their system to PIACL’s benefit. Provider has to describe how both current and historical data (flight by flight etc.) will be migrated from PIA’s current system to the new system.

PROVIDERS will be expected to present best practice use of their Services and to deploy these within the PIACL. The focus must be to get the best from the PROVIDER system and to limit customization and development work outside the necessary interfaces with other systems necessary for migration.

PIACL wish to deploy the PROVIDER services with a minimum, or no customization and adaption. The final migration plan will be mutually agreed between the selected vendor and PIA.

This document and the PROVIDER response to the RFP will form an integral part of the contract between PIACL and the selected PROVIDER.

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PIA tender notice in January 17 newspaper to procure Flight Operations Control System.

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Flight Operations Control System

Scope of Work


PIA aims to opt for a cloud based modern Flight Operation Control System with enhanced functionalities and to renew our technology. The solution must facilitate PIA Flight Operations in terms of monitoring day to day operations, and improving current systems to industry standards.

PIA’s objectives for the new Flight Operation Control System are:

Looking for an improved Flight Operation Control System which supports state of the art technology based on industry standard and efficiently provides integration with related systems.

The solution provider should comply with the standards defined by IATA, ICAO, A4A, ISO, and other service oriented standards.

The solution should enable PIA to modify existing processes where required, deploy standard operational procedure where required.

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Bidders:

Hitit - hitit.com

Sabre - sabre.com

Hitit declared lowest evaluated bidder.

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