Press release
Thursday 19 June 2008
easyJet continues to improve efficiency and squeeze costs with LIDO OC
- With new flight planning system -
Lufthansa Systems today announced that easyJet, Europe's fourth largest
airline, will begin using Lido Operations Center (Lido OC), to plan all
of its flight routings from October 2008
The Lido OC flight planning solution will enable the airline to optimise
its flight routings, reduce fuel consumption and deliver significant
cost-savings by:
* Taking in to account TFR (Traffic Flow Restrictions) - highly
complex regulations which ensure that air traffic flows smoothly
* Saving dispatchers time and effort by automatically checking the
regulations for each route
* Taking in to account current weather conditions, flight time,
fuel efficiency, and costs in order to plan the best route
Cor Vrieswijk, easyJet's Operations Director, commented:
"The recent surges in oil prices are having a dramatic effect on
European aviation and as a result easyJet are taking a range of measures
to reduce our costs and improve fuel efficiency. We chose Lido OC and
the TFR module because it will help us optimise the routes operated by
our modern, economical fleet and create an efficient, dynamic flight
planning processes, which will reduce costs.
Moreover, the system is highly automated, which helps our dispatchers
work more efficiently and frees up resources for continued growth.
Efficient processes and the optimal use of resources are the core of our
successful business model."
Matthias van Leeuwen, Senior Vice President Sales EMEA/South at
Lufthansa Systems, welcomed the latest member to the growing Lido OC
user community:
"easyJet is a success story just as much as our flight planning solution
which has been an internationally leading application in its field for a
long time. We are pleased that this dynamic airline adds to the list of
major carriers from our UK growth market that benefit from the
optimization potential of Lido OC,"
The introduction of this new flight planning system is part of easyJet's
efficiency program which also includes accelerated fleet
rationalization, improvements to crewing efficiencies, a focus on
reducing overheads and follows the airline's recent unveiling of its new
CFM engines which will reduce NOx and CO2 emissions as well as fuel
consumption.
-ENDS -
For further information please contact the easyJet Press Office on:
(email address and tel no. removed)
Background information:
Lufthansa Systems is one of the leading IT service providers for the
airline and aviation industries worldwide. As a systems integrator, the
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group covers the entire range
of IT services, including consulting, development, implementation and
operation. Lufthansa Systems provides its infrastructure and consulting
services to a variety of industries. Headquartered in Kelsterbach near
Frankfurt/Main, Germany, the company has branches in Germany and 16
other countries and employs about 3,200 people worldwide. In business
year 2007, Lufthansa Systems recorded sales of EUR 679 million. For more
details, see www.Lhsystems.com.
For more information, please contact:
Lufthansa Systems AG
Sandra Hammer
Cor****ate Communications
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