Gatwick Airport has turned to cloud-based communication technology for transformation program to update 60-year old legacy infrastructure dating from the 1950’s.

The transformation programme with ITO suppliers, including Xchanging, Fujitsu and Cisco, will last five-years and provide services to the airport’s 2,500 staff as well as the airport’s commercial customers.

The new infrastructure program, headed by Xchanging and hosted in the Fujitsu Cloud , will deliver increased flexibility for users, with a aim to improve collaboration with video, voice and instant-messaging services while reducing the need for pen and paper.

Michael Ibbitson, CIO at the airport, said: “This is a crucial investment for Gatwick, as we focus heavily on making Gatwick the airport of choice, not only in London, but in Europe”.

Gatwick plans £73 million IT operations overhaul