Hitit Computer Services is a

travel technology Travel technology (also called tourism technology, and hospitality automation) is the application of Information Technology (IT) or Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. Some forms of tra ...

company that provides commercial and operational IT systems for the

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and

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. It is headquartered in the ITU Arı Technopolis science park on the campus of

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical universit ...

. Hitit is publicly listed at the

Borsa Istanbul The Borsa İstanbul (abbreviated as BIST) is the sole exchange entity of Turkey combining the former Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) ( tr, İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası, IMKB), the Istanbul Gold Exchange ( tr, İstanbul Altın Borsası, İA ...

stock exchange since March 2022.

Company Overview

Hitit was established as an airline and travel IT company by executives from Turkish Airlines in 1994. The first solution developed by the company was Crane FF, a Loyalty Management System (LMS) for

frequent-flyer programs A frequent-flyer program (American English) or frequent-flyer programme (British English) is a loyalty program offered by an airline. Many airlines have frequent-flyer programs designed to encourage airline customers enrolled in the program ...

, which became the most widely used airline LMS in the world by 2012. Hitit introduced its new generation airline reservations system in 2004. The company opened an office in Dubai due to an increasing number of airline customers in the Middle East. Hitit is one of Turkey’s biggest software exporters: with 83% of its customer base being overseas and 92% of its revenues coming from exports, it became the 3rd largest service exporter of 2011. The company had two divisions until 8 April 2014 when the Loyalty Division of Hitit was acquired by the

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. The Airline Division of Hitit remains independent and continues to sell software to airlines and travel companies from Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. The company was in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 EMEA list in 2013, and it is also an International Air Transport Association Strategic Partner. Today, the company sells products covering a range from passenger service systems to financial, operational and loyalty management systems. Recently, Pakistan International Airlines (PIAC) has acquired the services provided by HITIT.

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