KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) announced the launch of a unique partnership aimed at improving airline operations worldwide by driving growth, accelerating innovation, and streamlining operations, to meet the demands of todays customers worldwide. This cooperation marks the first time a leading aviation company has joined forces with a top tier consultancy to bring to market a new services jointly developed artificial intelligence-based system of integrated solutions and tailored, proven tools. Over the past 18 months, KLM and BCG have joined forces behind the common belief that operating as a cost center and serving a purely executional role must be considered a thing of the past. In an increasingly complex and busy environment, the reliability of an airlines operations is a growing competitive advantage. KLM has the ambition to remain a frontrunner. Deploying common teams made up of employees of KLM Operations Decision Support and Operations frontline staff, BCG's Airline practice, and members of BCG Gamma (an AI & Advanced Analytics entity of over 450 world-class data scientists, data engineers, and software developers), this KLM-BCG partnership has developed a solution based on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced optimization that addresses all elements of airline operations.