Red Hat Recognises Adani Airports and IRCTC at Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2026
Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, announced the winners of the Red Hat APAC Innovation Awards 2026 for India. This year, Red Hat recognises Adani Airport Holdings Limited, and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Ministry Of Railways in Award Category: Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure & Cloud-Native Development.
Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL)
- India’s largest airport infrastructure company, managing 8 airports.
- Accounts for 24% of passenger footfalls and 33% of air cargo traffic in India.
- Challenge: Needed scalable integration across 20+ diverse airport systems.
- Solution: Built a hybrid cloud integration platform using Red Hat OpenShift, Application Foundation, and Enterprise Linux.
- Impact:
- Reduced response times from seconds to microseconds.
- Real-time data for passengers (wait times, baggage, flight status).
- Faster detection of bottlenecks → improved efficiency, reduced congestion, better airline turnaround times.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
- Operates India’s largest online railway ticketing platform.
- Nearly 89% of reserved tickets booked online.
- Challenge: Capacity constraints during Tatkal and peak booking periods.
- Solution: Adopted containerised, microservices-based platform on Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus, with Ansible Automation for orchestration.
- Impact:
- Auto-scaling during peak demand → fewer booking disruptions.
- Faster application boot times and releases.
- Automated workflows → stronger security, reduced operational effort, freed developer resources.
Why It Matters
Both AAHL and IRCTC showcase how open-source hybrid cloud and automation technologies can transform critical infrastructure in India — from airports to railways — improving efficiency, resilience, and customer experience at massive scale.
