Overview
- SITA confirmed it has acquired Big Blue Analytics, the developer of OCC Assistant Manager (OCCam), a platform refined in live airline operations.
- OCCam evaluates aircraft, crew, passenger itineraries and maintenance constraints at once and returns ranked, feasible recovery plans within minutes.
- SITA says airlines using OCCam have cut disruption costs by up to 30%, which for a mid‑size carrier could equal roughly US$20–30 million in annual savings.
- The company plans to roll OCCam into its suite for more than 100 operations control centres as the first building block of an 'Intelligent Operations Control Center' that unifies planning, monitoring and recovery.
- SITA intends to extend OCCam with large language models and agent‑based AI to predict disruptions earlier and automate routine parts of recovery, a move that could speed fixes but will change how controllers and duty managers work.