Software specialist snags another major aviation contract

Ideagen has won a prestigious contract with New Zealand’s largest general aviation organisation – the latest in a string of aeronautical wins for the Nottingham-based software company.

The Airwork Group has enlisted the listed Ruddington firm to help enhance its safety management processes.

Ideagen’s Coruson software will replace a number of Airwork’s current systems and will be used by around 500 members of staff across New Zealand, Australia and around the world.

The Airwork Group, which currently has a fleet of approximately fifty helicopters and thirty 737/757 freighters, will also adopt the software as a central system for the continuous monitoring of operational risk.

Scott McGregor, helicopter commercial manager at Airwork Group, said: “This is an exciting project that will help us take safety management to the next level and significantly improve our risk awareness and mitigation processes.

“Airwork is a medium to large business with a lot of systems and complexity. We quickly realised that if we wanted the business to be operating a world-class SMS system, we needed to implement an industry-leading system such as Coruson.”

Malcolm Cole, Coruson project lead from Airwork’s technology team, added: “Following a detailed RFP process, Airwork selected Ideagen primarily as a result of their aviation industry experience and impressive list of customers. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) framework was a benefit to Airwork which easily fits with our IT strategy.”