Getting out of the business of designing and running computer systems, German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG is selling its IT services division to IBM and having Big Blue run its internal IT operations.

The deal, announced by Lufthansa on Wednesday, comes about as part of the break-up of Lufthansa Systems, a subsidiary of the airline that provides systems integration services.

Two divisions of that subsidiary, Airline Solutions and Industry Solutions, will now operate independently, while a third — the IT infrastructure division — will be sold to IBM, according to Lufthansa.

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