How China’s Aviation Leaders Earn International DevOps Certification and Boost Efficiency

On May 29, 2024, the Central Cyberspace Administration, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Information Standard Construction Action Plan (2024‑2027)" to promote the internationalization of information standards, encouraging deep participation in ISO, IEC, ITU and other bodies, and aligning domestic standards with international ones.

Latest DevOps and AIOps International Standard Assessment Details

China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) launched a synchronized assessment based on the ITU DevOps International Standard and the domestic DevOps standard, enabling mutual recognition of certifications and upgrading evaluation scope, certificates, and reports.

Continuous Delivery (Standard 3) Compliance

Southern Airlines, the first civil aviation company to participate, evaluated two projects: the Enterprise Travel Platform (BTRIP) and Cloud e‑Home (ECLOUD). Both passed the ITU DevOps International Standard and the domestic DevOps Capability Maturity Model, achieving Level 3 continuous delivery. BTRIP provides a one‑stop corporate travel service with self‑registration, automated fare publishing, and employee onboarding. ECLOUD offers an integrated office platform with instant messaging and document collaboration, enhancing internal communication and information security.

Key performance improvements for BTRIP include:

Automatic build success rate >90%

Average of 5 builds per day

100% interface test coverage

Mean time to repair < 3 hours (fastest 30 minutes)

Average pipeline duration < 10 minutes

Technical Operations (Standard 4) Compliance

China Aviation Information Network evaluated its "Departure Core Function System" (DC‑Departure). The project passed the ITU DevOps International Standard and the domestic DevOps Level 3 assessment, achieving domestic leadership. After pipeline transformation, alarm counts dropped from 126 to 51 (‑59.5%), red‑light repair time stayed under 3 hours, and deployment success exceeded 90%.

The Flight Management System, built on domain‑driven design, uses micro‑services, cloud computing platforms, and distributed databases to ensure rapid scaling and fault isolation, providing multi‑dimensional rate limiting and automatic circuit breaking for resilient service delivery.

BizDevOps (Standard 9) Compliance

Southern Airlines evaluated its Online Sales System (B2B). The platform passed both the BizDevOps International Standard and the domestic BizDevOps Business Value Management Level 3 assessment. It offers a one‑stop ticketing and ancillary product sales service for agents and travel agencies, with features such as electronic invoicing and comprehensive after‑sale support.

Results include a business satisfaction score of 97.55%, 88.66% automated interface test success, and increased pipeline execution success. The airline also introduced a market‑driven bidding sales model, leveraging digital tools to improve pricing and seat allocation efficiency.

ITU DevOps International Standard Overview

In July 2018, at the ITU‑T plenary in Geneva, CAICT led the successful establishment of the ITU‑T Y.3525 standard, "Cloud Computing – Requirements for cloud service development and operation management," with participation from over 90 representatives across 20+ countries.

Domestic DevOps Standard Introduction

The "Research and Development Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model" series, authored by CAICT together with the Cloud Computing Open Alliance, Efficient Operations Community, BATJ, and major telecom and financial enterprises, has been issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and adopted by numerous leading firms. The model covers processes (agile management, continuous delivery, technical operations), application design, security, system tools, business value management, collaborative development, continuous testing, performance measurement, platform engineering, and reliability engineering.