Canadian low-cost carrier Jetlines flies straight into the cloud

Canada’s newest airline will head directly for the clouds on its maiden flight this summer, running the entirety of its IT system on cloud computing.

“Everything here is cloud. We’re a cloud-first organization. I have absolutely nothing on-prem anywhere or anything co-located,” says Robert Pope, CIO of Canada Jetlines.

Launching a new low-cost carrier in an ongoing pandemic could be a bumpy ride. But Pope says cloud computing will help Jetlines navigate potential market turbulence, by allowing it to keep operations nimble and forgo the expense of traditional on-prem IT.

“You can really put in systems that help with automating processes, that help you with controlling costs as you’re scaling the organization,” Pope says. “There’s the upfront cost saving of not having to put in the capital outlay to get up and running. You can really tie (cloud cost) into your usage and scale it as you grow, as well.”

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