John Keells Computer Services, also known as JKCS is a software company that is developing software primarily for the aviation and leisure industries. It is headquartered in Colombo

Colombo

Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...

, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

. It also operates Offshore Development Center

Offshore Development Center

Offshore development center is one of the business models by which a provision of offshore programming is undertaken.An ODC is made up of a dedicated team of programmers and developers who have been hand picked to complement the customer's skill set and culture...

s (ODCs) in countries including Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

 and Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

.

JKCS is a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings

John Keells Holdings

John Keells Holdings PLC is Sri Lanka’s largest listed company in terms of market capitalization. It accounts for more than 14% of the Sri Lankan Stock market and has diversified its operations into various sectors ranging from Consumer Goods,Financial Services,Information...

 (JKH), which is one of the largest business conglomerates in Sri Lanka. JKCS is one of the three IT related companies operated under John Keells Holdings. These are John Keells Computer Services (JKCS),John Keells Office Automation (JKOA) Limited and John Keells Business Process Outsourcing Ltd (JKBPO).

Some of its major clients include Emirates Airline

Emirates Airline

Emirates is the airline based in the Emirate of Dubai part of the United Arab Emirates . Based at Dubai International Airport it is the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 2,400 flights per week, from its hub at Terminal 3, to 111 cities in 62 countries across six continents...

, SriLankan Airlines

SriLankan Airlines

SriLankan Airlines Limited is the flag carrier airline of Sri Lanka. It operates to destinations in Asia and Europe from its base and hub at Bandaranaike International Airport . The airline's trademark phrase is 'You're Our World', and the company's logo features a stylized peacock...

, Air Arabia

Air Arabia

Air Arabia is a low-cost airline with its head office in the Sharjah Freight Center, Sharjah International Airport, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates....

, Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. , operating as Qatar Airways, is the flag carrier of Qatar. Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha, it operates a hub-and-spoke network, linking over 100 international destinations from its base in Doha, using a fleet of over 100 aircraft...

, Computer Sciences Corporation

Computer Sciences Corporation

Computer Sciences Corporation is an American information technology and business services company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA...

 (CSC), Keells Hotel Management Systems Ltd (KHMS). The Emirates Skywards passenger rewards system was also developed by JKCS and is also used by many airlines including SriLankan Airlines which also came under Emirates Airline administration after its acquisition of the controlling stake.

Products

JKCS currently provides software engineering services on following domains.

• Airline "Solutions"
  • Products
    • evinta.IBE - Internet Booking Engine for Airlines
  • Full Service Carriers (FSC)
    • Internet Booking Engine
      Internet booking engine
      An Internet booking engine is an application which helps the travel and tourism industry support reservation through the Internet. It helps consumers to book flights, hotels, holiday packages, insurance and other services online...
      
       (IBE)
    • Mobile Check-in Agent
    • AirBoard - By AviIT
    • E-MAN - By AviIT
  • Low-cost carrier
    Low-cost carrier
    A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline is an airline that generally has lower fares and fewer comforts...
    
    s (LCC)
    • AccelAero
    • CESAR
    • SkyNet
• Airport "Solutions"
  • evinta.DCS - Web-based Departure Control System
• Hospitality Solutions
  • Zhara HS - Fully Integrated Web Based Hospitality Suite
    • Zhara CRS - Central Reservations System
    • Zhara PMS - Property Management System (including Zhara POS - Integrated Point of Sales for Hotel Outlets)
    • Zhara IBE - Internet Booking Engine (supports reservations for multi-property hotel chains)
• Software Services
  • Other Software "Solutions"
    • QuIS (a Quality Information System (QIS))

External links

• John Keells Computer Services (JKCS)
• John Keells Holdings (JKH)