TIBAH Airport Operation Company selects IFS Applications to manage maintenance at Prince Mohammad International Airport in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, today announced that TIBAH Airports Operation Company, a consortium led by TAV Airports and its local partners Al Rajhi and Saudi Oger which manages Prince Mohammad International Airport (PMIA) in Madinah, has selected IFS ApplicationsTM to support and manage all service and maintenance operations at PMIA.

• Centralised system with standardised processes to manage maintenance and repair of PMIA airport assets
• Provide greater realtime visibility on performance of overall operations

Eng. Sofiene Abdessalem, Managing Director at TIBAH airports, said, "PMIA is one of the most important airports in Saudi Arabia, one of the two main entry points for the visitors to The Holy Ka’aba and Muslims worldwide arriving for their pilgrimage. IFS Applications will give us complete visibility in realtime to better manage and optimise the asset lifecycle through continuous operational improvements, combining work flow and maintenance functions into an integrated, automated process."

"By implementing IFS Applications, TIBAH Airports will gain better visibility of their operations, whilst increasing availability, productivity and profitability," said Ian Fleming, Managing Director, IFS Middle East, Africa and South Asia. "TIBAH Airports will now be able to get a holistic perspective of the assets’ lifecycle, ensuring PMIA continues providing world class aviation facilities to its customers."

The project is expected to be completed by end of January 2015.

About TIBAH Airports Operation Company
TIBAH Airports Operation Company operates the Prince Mohammad International Airport (PMIA) in Madinah. It is a consortium led by TAV Airports with its local partners Al Rajhi and Saudi Oger. TAV Airports is a Turkish company established in 1997, the Middle East & North Africa region’s leading airport management and operations services provider. TAV Airports signed a contract with GACA, the Civil Aviation Authority of Saudi Arabia, together with Al Rajhi and Saudi Oger for the Build Transfer Operate (BTO) project of Madinah Airport, the first airport privatisation of Saudi Arabia. For more information visit: http://www.tibahairports.com.

About IFS
IFS™ is a globally recognised leader in developing and delivering business software for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise service management (ESM). IFS brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be more agile and enables them to profit from change. IFS is a public company (XSTO:IFS) that was founded in 1983 and currently has over 2,600 employees. IFS supports more than 2,200 customers worldwide from local offices and through partners in more than 60 countries. For more information visit: www.ifsworld.com.

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