TCS And Swissport Renew Five-Year AI Partnership

24 Mar 2026 CW Team

Over the past decade, TCS supported Swissport in building a scalable and secure digital backbone that integrated data, automation and user-centred design, producing measurable benefits in service stability, operational efficiency and time-to-market. The companies reported improvements in turnaround efficiency and increased operational visibility, which accelerated deployment of digital capabilities across regions. The renewed engagement will seek to further embed AI-led platforms and cloud modernisation to unlock sustained business value.

Swissport's Group CIO, Dave Lynch, described the long-standing collaboration as pivotal in strengthening the company’s digital backbone and said the renewal would support continued innovation at scale, improved operational excellence and long-term growth objectives. TCS's business head for travel, transportation and hospitality in EMEA and APAC, Arun Pradeep Surendra Mohan, characterised the partnership as a means to combine aviation domain knowledge with cloud, data and AI-led innovation to create measurable operational impact and to scale cocreated solutions.

The partners intend to scale AI-enabled services and data platforms to support Swissport’s long-term operational vision and to create a more agile, data-driven and future-ready model. TCS will focus on strengthening IT service operations, ensuring consistent service delivery and elevating employee experience across ground operations while maintaining operational resilience. The companies expect the collaboration to enable faster deployment of capabilities globally and to support Swissport's strategic growth priorities.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Swissport International Limited (Swissport) have extended and expanded their decade-long partnership with a five-year renewal that will focus on digital innovation across Swissport's global aviation services. The agreement tasks TCS with modernising Swissport's technology landscape and scaling artificial intelligence enabled services, data platforms and hybrid cloud operations to help the company adapt to a fast-changing aviation environment and to strengthen operational resilience across mission-critical ground operations. Over the past decade, TCS supported Swissport in building a scalable and secure digital backbone that integrated data, automation and user-centred design, producing measurable benefits in service stability, operational efficiency and time-to-market. The companies reported improvements in turnaround efficiency and increased operational visibility, which accelerated deployment of digital capabilities across regions. The renewed engagement will seek to further embed AI-led platforms and cloud modernisation to unlock sustained business value. Swissport's Group CIO, Dave Lynch, described the long-standing collaboration as pivotal in strengthening the company’s digital backbone and said the renewal would support continued innovation at scale, improved operational excellence and long-term growth objectives. TCS's business head for travel, transportation and hospitality in EMEA and APAC, Arun Pradeep Surendra Mohan, characterised the partnership as a means to combine aviation domain knowledge with cloud, data and AI-led innovation to create measurable operational impact and to scale cocreated solutions. The partners intend to scale AI-enabled services and data platforms to support Swissport’s long-term operational vision and to create a more agile, data-driven and future-ready model. TCS will focus on strengthening IT service operations, ensuring consistent service delivery and elevating employee experience across ground operations while maintaining operational resilience. The companies expect the collaboration to enable faster deployment of capabilities globally and to support Swissport's strategic growth priorities.

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