February 18, 2004

As an innovation on the aviation market, Routing Selector, the cargo booking system from Lufthansa Systems, supports the management of all airline booking requests and bookings in an airline’s cargo business. After eight months of intensive development work, Routing Selector has now been successfully deployed as a tool for optimizing the cargo business of carriers such as Singapore Airlines.

As developed by Lufthansa Systems, the cargo booking system Routing Selector is the first solution that provides not only an overview of flight schedules with basic data such as departures and arrivals, but also takes into account important information about potential embargoes and flight restrictions. Handling and transit times, which were previously calculated on a flat-rate basis, can now be computed accurately with Routing Selector.

Based on external and internal data, the system automatically determines the most suitable route, independent of the complexity of the individual inquiries. The system also takes into account specific local information such as handling times and off-duty handling days at the stations. This ensures that Singapore Airlines is able to transport shipments quickly and reliably within Singapore Airlines' freight network as well as beyond within their partners' network. Furthermore, the individual freight paths can be monitored at all times, calling for reroutings if necessary.

Lufthansa Systems has adapted its cargo booking system to the individual requirements of the Asian airline's business processes and legacy systems and has expanded Routing Selector accordingly. Bernd Appel, Vice President Strategic Business Segment Cargo & Logistics at Lufthansa Systems, explains: "In developing new technologies, we are able to take advantage of the know how that we have gained through our longstanding and successful cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo. As a result of the cooperation with Singapore Airlines we will be able to enlarge this know how on the Asian market.”

Note for editors:

Lufthansa Systems is one of the leading IT service providers for the airline and aviation industries worldwide. As 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 IT infrastructure and operations services to a variety of industries. Headquartered in Kelsterbach near Frankfurt/Main, Germany, the company has branches in Germany and 13 countries and employs about 4,200 people worldwide.