Air Travel Hackathon on March 25

Dubai-based flydubai announced its second ‘Air Travel Hackathon’ in association with Hyderabad-based tech startup HackMania. The Hackathon, which is supported by the E-Cell of IIIT-Hyderabad, will be held at the IIIT campus in the city. In addition, flydubai will organise a boot camp webinar prior to the main event.

Commenting on the announcement, Ramesh Venkat, Chief Information Officer at flydubai, said, “We are pleased to announce the second Air Travel Hackathon in association with HackMania. Last year, we saw young developers create innovative products at the Hackathon and we were happy to see such high standards of creativity.

This year, we have gone a step further towards working alongside the technology community in Hyderabad. The bootcamp will provide young developers with insight into the importance of technology in the aviation industry.”

This year, the winners of the Hackathon will be offered an internship at flydubai’s Development Centre in India (IDC) in Hyderabad.

“We are glad to provide a platform for flydubai to engage even more closely with the local developer community through the addition of the boot camp webinar. The mentorship that will be provided by experts from flydubai and other fields related to travel will help the participants strategically identify areas in air travel that need to be worked on,” said 23-year-old Rajat Shahi, Founder and CEO, HackMania.

The bootcamp webinar is on March 13 and the Hackathon will start at 9 am on March 25. Developers can register by March 22 on Hackerbay.co.