Germany`s
Germany`s
TUI Airline Management will unite the six airlines it manages — Britannia Airways (UK), Britannia Nordic (Scandinavia), Corsair (France), White Eagle (Poland), Neos (Italy) and Hapag-Lloyd Flug (Germany) — on the axsFlightplanning system.
This announcement follows a major new aerospace industry initiative EDS launched during last month`s Farnborough International 2002 air show and brings to eight the number of new European airline clients EDS has secured in the last month. At the show, EDS announced the opening of a new European Air Transportation Centre of Excellence in Zurich, which is serving the company`s eight new airline clients, and the release of a new version of its aerospace industry leading product design software.
As a group of airlines we can work more productively if all of us rely on one system, said Christian Commissaire, director flight ops at TUI Airline Management. axsFlightplanning (or Skytrack) is already in service in our Group Operations Centre, which now provides comprehensive operational support to three of our airlines. (Hapag-Lloyd Flug, Britannia Nordic and Neos). The intention is to extend the usage of axsFlightplanning to Brinannia UK and Corsair by next winter
axsFlightplanning
axsFlightplanning is a software-based flight planning system that coordinates and optimizes an aircraft`s route and speed, fuel and flight plan calculations, pilot information and other flight-related functions. EDS has offered the axsFlightplanning solution since December 2001, when the company finalized an agreement to purchase the assets of Atraxis, the former Swissair IT provider.
Based on type of aircraft, navigation, weather and all other actual conditions, the system produces flight plans in optimal accordance with the actual situation. Compared to all competing flight-planning systems, axsFlightplanning allows a higher reduction of fuel consumption because of its unique way of using real-time information and recording the time of each and every overflight.
In addition, the system interfaces with various other airline systems, including departure control and crew management, so that an airline`s flight plan is electronically linked with other related operations. Further specifications have been added to meet TUI`s demands best.
Functionality, innovation, stability and last but not least the price measured against performance have been decisive factors, Klaus Volschow, Operations Manager for Hapag-Lloyd Flug, said. With EDS, we have a partner meeting our demands perfectly.
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