Chinese Southern to use Lufthansa Systems solution

China Southern Airlines and Lufthansa Systems signed a five-year agreement on February 8 for the use of a network management solution in the airline. “Together with Lufthansa Systems as one of the world’s leading IT service providers, we plan to build an appropriate flight scheduling and network planning system. This will lay a firm foundation that will help fuel our airline company’s reengineering process,” said Tan Wangeng, China Southern executive vice president. With Lufthansa’s NetLine, China Southern has opted for an integrated and modular platform for network planning and control, capturing all the facets of the whole business process. The solution will allow China Southern to evaluate the outcome of scenarios, plans, and decisions very quickly and reliably. This is possible because it puts a strong focus on automation and optimization tools that speed up planning and operational processes, save costs, improve revenues, and guarantee consistent robustness and stability. “Lufthansa Systems has been a presence in the Chinese airline market for some time now. We are especially proud to partner with China Southern as the largest carrier in this important market,” said Gunter Küchler, executive board member of Lufthansa Systems. China Southern is China’s largest airline with a network of 80 cities worldwide.