Aeroflot is switching from iPad to tablets from Fplus. Thousands of devices have already been purchased

At the end of March 2024, it became known that Aeroflot was switching from iPad to tablets from Fplus. The air carrier has already purchased about 9 thousand devices.

According to Vedomosti, citing a representative of Fplus, Aeroflot will receive T1100 tablets for the Aurora OS. Equipment deliveries will take place during 2024.

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According to the representative of the airline, a contract was signed for the purchase of 11.5 thousand devices. The maximum announced cost within the framework of the open procurement procedure was 577 million rubles, he added.

The newspaper says that from the maximum amount of the contract it follows that the airline could pay over 50 thousand rubles for one tablet. T1100 may be more expensive due to more advanced technical characteristics, the price of such a device can reach 40 thousand rubles, a Vedomosti source familiar with this model suggested.

An informed source of the publication claims that there will be several purchases and a total of 16 thousand Fplus tablets are planned to be delivered. For which structural divisions Aeroflot buys tablets, it is not specified. The Aeroflot group includes Aeroflot and Rossiya airlines, the Pobeda low-cost airline, as well as specialized service enterprises engaged in aircraft maintenance, on-board catering, hotel services, and employee training.

Fplus added that Aeroflot is developing application applications under the OS on its own. According to the executive director of Aviaport Oleg Panteleev, Aeroflot has always been one of the world leaders in the industry in terms of digitalization and the departure of Western companies has significantly affected its work.

Today Aeroflot not only buys ready-made IT products, but also actively participates in the refinement of their functionality, he said.[1]

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