A LEADING AIRLINE SAVED $20M+ IN ANNUAL SAVINGS WITH THE MPHASIS AI-DRIVEN FINOPS APPROACH

CLIENT

A leading global airline operating large scale cloud workloads across AWS.

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

The airline’s cloud expenditure was significantly above industry benchmarks. Key issues included:

Non production environments consuming 30–35% of AWS spend (vs. typical 10–20%)
Oversized EC2/RDS workloads, especially in Dev & SI, inflating costs by ~80%
Low reservation coverage (~50%), driving expensive on demand usage
CloudTrail log duplication costing millions annually

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SOLUTION

Mphasis deployed an AI powered FinOps transformation using our cloud optimization suite and delivered the following strategic interventions:

Increased EC2/RDS reservation coverage using automated RI management

Right sized Dev & SI workloads, unlocking $10M+ in savings opportunities

Consolidated CloudTrail logs to eliminate redundant spend

Replaced managed NAT Gateways with custom routing (up to 60% cost reduction)

Moved VPC logs to S3 with Athena queries to replace costly CloudWatch usage

Enabled migration to alternative logging platforms for up to 90% savings

Embedded end to end FinOps governance for sustained optimization

BENEFITS

The AI driven FinOps program delivered transformational outcomes:

$20M+ in annual savings potential identified

Rapid “quick win” optimizations in logging, right sizing, and network routing

Long term operational benefits through automation, governance, and cultural adoption of FinOps best practices