Airlines that seek to gain real value from their OCC should be conscientious in selecting the right kind of platform to support them. In the absence of a suitable technology platform, managing the data exchange and offering in-depth analysis according to the strategic directives of the OCC management professionals, poses a huge challenge. An ideal airline operations management platform is one that operates on a fundamental foundation of data and supports the basic tenets of Situational Awareness, Collaborative Disruption Management, What-If Analysis, Management by exception and Mobility and Cloud.