Prague Airport has signed a four-year IT services contract with IBM to implement and maintain its specialised IBM BlueSky system. The new system will allow the Airport to collect and analyse information more efficiently and to set the most suitable strategy for the calculation of airport fees and handling charges.

"The Prague Airport served more than 12.6 million travellers last year and it is our goal to increase the number every year. To achieve this we need effective and flexible support of ICT services," said Executive Director of ICT & Central Project Office of Prague Airport Vladimír Mekota. "The cooperation with IBM will enable us to increase airport operational efficiency and will provide quick access to important data in a real time."

IBM BlueSky is able to automatically generate records to calculate billing charges for the airport's services including: landing; noise; parking; airport usage by passengers; provisioning of airport facilities and resources for individual flights (such as departure and arrival bridges; check-in counters; buses and others) and special handling services.

The agreement was signed on March 17, 2009.