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WORKING CLOSELY WITH
LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS,
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
OPTIMISE OUR TICKET
PRICING AND FLIGHT
SCHEDULES.
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ufthansa Systems has announced
that the national carrier of the
Republic of Rwanda is now using
the NetLine/Sched and ProfitLine/Price
solutions. These products will optimise
RwandAir’s complex flight scheduling
and efficiently determine the best ticket
prices based on the current market
situation as well as supply and demand.
RwandAir and its passengers will both
benefit from these important control
tools, which will simplify scheduling and
support the airline’s expansion of its
route network and available flights.
Yvonne Manzi Makolo, RwandAir
CEO, said: “Thanks to our adaption of
Lufthansa Systems’ scheduling and
pricing solutions, our customers will be
able to find fares more easily and enjoy
an easy-to-understand flight schedule.
Working closely with Lufthansa Systems,
we have been able to optimise our ticket
pricing and flight schedules to ensure
RwandAir continues its ambitious growth
as it enters into exciting new markets.”
NetLine/Sched, the schedule
management system from Lufthansa
Systems, helps airlines to make quick and
well-founded decisions when creating
and optimising their flight schedules
while taking operational and economic
aspects into account. This is important
due to the extremely volatile competitive
environment in the airline industry,
which permanently affects an airline’s
flight schedule and makes short-term
modifications necessary.
NetLine/Sched supports this highly
complex process, and, among other things,
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the solution helps to evaluate different
schedule scenarios from an economic
perspective. Using NetLine/Sched, airlines
can take measures quickly and effectively
to optimise their schedules.
ProfitLine/Price is a comprehensive
pricing system which considers the
current competitive situation, price
trends and underlying fare structures. It
covers all core processes in both reactive
and proactive pricing for published and
market fares. In addition to enabling
airlines to react swiftly to market
changes, the system provides powerful
analysis tools for developing effective
pricing strategies. Its integrated pricing
simulation model goes one step further
by forecasting revenue changes based on
fare modifications.
“We are delighted that RwandAir,
an important customer in Africa, is
now relying on our NetLine/Sched
and ProfitLine/Price solutions,” said
Marco Cesa, Vice President Regional
Management EMEA at Lufthansa
Systems. “I am certain that both products
will make a significant contribution to the
airline’s expansion plans.”
Improving flight planning across
South African airports
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA),
which owns and operates a network of
nine airports across South Africa, has
selected BECONTRA Scenario Planning, a
subsidiary of Leidos, to help optimise its
airline routes and improve flight planning
across its network. The agreement will
support route forecasting by enabling
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