Information technology firm Tech Mahindra has signed a multi-year contract with Airbus for cabin and cargo design engineering. “Tech Mahindra aims to capitalise on the specialised skills and competencies in growing cabin engineering business over the next few years. As air travel continues to surge worldwide, airlines are looking to deliver comfortable and memorable, digital travel experiences through path-breaking ‘Cabin Innovations’,” the company said in a statement. However, the financial detail for the partnership has not been disclosed. Airbus is a strategic customer and partner of the company.

Karthikeyan Natarajan, global head of engineering and IoT at Tech Mahindra, said the partnership will strengthen the company’s aerospace engineering portfolio, especially in areas like cabin engineering and customer services. As part of its TechMNxt charter, Tech Mahindra is betting on artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, cybersecurity, robotics, automation, blockchain and 5G.