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  • TCS takes off with Air New Zealand in AI-fuelled digital leap

    TCS takes off with Air New Zealand in AI-fuelled digital leap

    MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has clinched a five-year deal with Air New Zealand to revamp the airline’s digital infrastructure, propelling it into the AI-powered future. The tie-up, inked at TCS’ Banyan Park campus in Mumbai, aims to supercharge customer experience, sharpen operational efficiency and make Air New Zealand the world’s most digitally advanced airline.

    With the airline ferrying over 15 million passengers on 3,400 weekly flights, TCS will streamline digital services across 600-plus applications, injecting AI-driven automation and cloud muscle into fleet management, crew scheduling and ground services. Disruption management, cargo services, retail offerings and maintenance systems are also in for a tech overhaul.

    The signing ceremony saw a heavyweight guest list, including New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon, Tata Group chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran and TCS chief executive K Krithivasan.

    Foran called TCS an “instrumental partner” in Air New Zealand’s cargo digital transformation and digital retail expansion. “We’ve already seen results since teaming up in September 2024. The benefits this partnership will bring to our customers and the aviation sector are huge,” he said.

    Krithivasan echoed the excitement: “With AI, automation and cloud tech, we’ll help Air New Zealand set new benchmarks in efficiency, sustainability and passenger engagement. This partnership is all about reimagining airline operations and unlocking new growth.”

  • Firstpost to cover Raisina Dialogue. with star-studded Ideas Pod

    Firstpost to cover Raisina Dialogue. with star-studded Ideas Pod

    MUMBAI: India’s premier diplomatic jamboree kicks off this week with a twist, as digital news platform Firstpost is muscling its way into the action with its own intellectual sideshow. The Ideas Pod—a collaboration with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF)—promises to be where the real fireworks happen at the 10th Raisina Dialogue.

    From  17 to 19 March, while diplomats and ministers exchange pleasantries in the main hall, Firstpost will corral the cream of the geopolitical crop into its broadcasting pen for what promises to be unvarnished conversations on everything from nuclear proliferation to artificial intelligence.

    The news outfit has secured an impressive roster of talking heads, including New Zealand’s prime minister Christopher Luxon, Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha, and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s top man Rafael Mariano Grossi. Britain’s national security adviser Jonathan Powell and America’s Indo-Pacific commander Admiral Samuel Paparo round out the A-list.

    “We are thrilled to partner with Samir Saran and ORF to bring you front row access to the conversations that matter most,” says Firstpost managing editor Palki Sharma, which claims over seven million YouTube subscribers and three billion views worldwide.

    The Raisina Dialogue itself—named after the hill in Delhi that houses the presidential residence—has evolved into India’s answer to Davos, albeit with fewer private jets and more geopolitical substance. Co-hosted by India’s foreign ministry, this year’s themes include climate change, militant mercantilism, and the perennial favourite: global security threats.

    For the diplomatic cognoscenti wondering which global leaders might drop the most quotable bombshells, or which minister might accidentally reveal more than their talking points permit, Firstpost’s Ideas Pod may well be where the real action unfolds.