Indigo Airlines
Unified Finance for a Faster, Leaner Airline
- Client: Indigo Airlines
- Industry: Aviation / Low-Cost Carrier
- Region: India & International Network
Summary
IndiGo Airlines, India’s largest and most preferred low-cost carrier, partnered with Orane Consulting to transform its financial and procurement landscape. Orane implemented SAP S/4HANA Finance with aviation-specific capabilities, enabling real-time profitability tracking, integrated sourcing, and improved financial governance across IndiGo’s domestic and international operations.
Key Results
- Unified and modernized financial operations across the organization
- Integrated revenue management with finance for real-time profitability
- Digitized procurement for flight-based & plan-driven sourcing
- Streamlined travel, fuel and treasury management functions
- Improved decision-making through SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics
Client Snapshot
Employees: Large aviation workforce across operations, maintenance & corporate
Branches / Locations: Domestic & international network across multiple destinations
Solutions Delivered (Features):
- SAP S/4HANA Finance (GL, AP, AR, AA, Treasury, Bank Accounting)
- Legal Consolidation & SAP Best Practice financial governance
- Route Profitability & Aviation Financial Analytics
- Travel, Fuel & Fund Management
- Strategic, plan-driven & flight-based procurement
- Integration with Revenue Management systems
- Embedded analytics & MIS reporting
Engagement Type: SAP S/4HANA Finance & Procurement Transformation
Implementation Duration: Structured blueprint-driven rollout
The Challenge
- Fragmented legacy finance systems created delays in reporting, consolidation, and compliance.
- No integration between revenue management and finance, limiting visibility into route-level profitability.
- Lack of real-time insights into costs, spending patterns, and operational financial performance.
- Manual processes across travel, treasury, fuel management, and month-end closing slowed operations.
- Aviation-specific procurement complexities—such as flight-based sourcing and plan-driven procurement—were difficult to manage in existing systems.
- Limited transparency across cost centers and operational units, affecting cost control and budgeting.
- Growing scale of domestic and international operations required a more unified and modern financial platform.
The Solution
- Implemented SAP S/4HANA Finance with GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting & Bank Accounting to unify financial operations.
- Enabled route-level profitability analysis by integrating finance with revenue management systems.
- Automated travel, treasury, fuel usage, and fund management processes to reduce manual work.
- Designed a finance structure tailored for aviation, supporting cost centers, profit centers & flight-level financial tracking.
- Digitized procurement with flight-based, plan-driven, and strategic sourcing workflows, along with supplier evaluation and awards.
- Integrated invoice management and full procure-to-pay visibility for stronger financial governance.
- Delivered embedded analytics, MIS dashboards & aviation-specific reports for real-time decision-making.
Business Benefits
- Unified financial operations across all business units with consistent governance and controls.
- Real-time profitability insights by flight, route, and cost center improved financial planning.
- Faster month-end and consolidation cycles through automation and integrated reporting.
- Improved procurement efficiency with digitized sourcing and operational procurement workflows.
- Better operational planning due to synchronized revenue + finance data.
- Reduced manual effort in travel, treasury, fuel, and financial closing activities.
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