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What network airlines and low-cost carriers do have in common
They are different in many ways, but when it comes to costs, network airlines and low cost carriers are all looking for the same: saving, saving, saving! In order to achieve this goal, airlines from both areas of the aviation worlds can benefit from the same set of tools by working with Lufthansa Systems. Theses IT-solutions help them increase the productivity of their flight planning and operations, and to maximize revenue. Using these solutions enables both network airlines and low cost carriers to strategically and quickly react to current market trends and changes.
Maximizing aircraft utilization and crew productivity is one of the formulas for success of low-cost carriers. The Lufthansa Systems schedule management solution ensures efficient flight planning and enables airlines to create alternative schedules, check the operational capacity of individual aircraft and gauge the cost-effectiveness of schedules.
But route planning is just as important as resource planning for network airlines and low-cost carriers alike. Lufthansa Systems' Lido navigation database contains complete worldwide aeronautical data. The route maps, both in printed and electronic form, are generated from this information. The same applies to the Lido Operation Center (Lido OC), the route planning system from Lufthansa Systems. The databases of the Lido FMS (Flight Management System) are tailored to the requirements of each individual airline.
Lufthansa Systems also developed a dedicated revenue management system that is designed to meet the needs of small airlines in particular. This solution covers all core revenue management processes, from importing data and forecasting passenger demand, to optimizing the intervals for increasing the ticket prices of low-cost airlines as take-off approaches.
IT gets you to the revenue accounting treasure more quickly
For many airlines, a treasure is just waiting to be uncovered. And it’s a treasure that many airlines don’t even have on the agenda, as missing documents and erroneous billings from agents or airlines are often neglected. With its Sirax revenue accounting system, Lufthansa Systems helps airlines ensure that not a single euro, dollar, pound or yen is lost. And as Sirax is faster than conventional systems, companies can also reap the financial benefits faster than before. Airlines can account for revenue from ticket sales only after tickets have been used and billed. This is why airlines are very much interested in having their own as well as codeshare flights billed as quickly as possible.
Sirax has been recognized by a growing number of airlines as the world's most sophisticated IT solution for revenue accounting optimization. And the solution continues to attract customers around the world. In 2006, Egypt Air and Southwest Airlines joined the rapidly growing Sirax community, and talks with further airlines to come on board are currently underway. What benefits will the customer gain from the product? Every airline alliance has its own rules in place that facilitate billing among alliance members. Oneworld, for instance, defined "minimum joining requirements" for its billing processes, which have to be met by every airline that wishes to join the alliance. Lufthansa Systems integrated this procedure into Sirax, which can make it easier for airlines to join oneworld.
The Star Alliance carriers usually bill each other according to official IATA rules. But they agreed on a special agreement for the billing of business travel tickets within the Alliance, which have also been implemented in Sirax.
As a result, Sirax facilitates billing processes both within and across airline alliances. Furthermore, Sirax also enables the paperless billing of electronic flights, which marks yet another step towards implementing IATA's "Simplifying the Business" initiative.
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