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Lufthansa Systems Leverages Actian for Efficient Flight Planning
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Databases
Applicable Industries
- Aerospace
- Transportation
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
- Vehicle Telematics
The Challenge
Lufthansa Systems, a leading full-service IT provider for the airline and aviation sector, faced the challenge of providing a robust and stable database platform to support its own planning and routing software. This software is not only used by Lufthansa but is also licensed to hundreds of airlines globally. The database platform needed to be reliable, capable of real-time data availability, and cost-effective. The challenge was to ensure high levels of uptime and stability, crucial for the smooth operation of thousands of flights and the satisfaction of millions of passengers worldwide.
About The Customer
Lufthansa Systems is one of the world’s leading full-service IT providers and industry specialists for the airline and aviation sector. The company offers LidoFlight Planning as well as other airline solutions to some 300 national and international commercial airlines across the world. Lufthansa Systems is an expert in this field, offering a modular range of products and services to manage all aspects of airline operations and planning. The company licenses the application to other airlines and transportation companies across the world. Lufthansa Systems installs the solution, maintains and updates it in real time to ensure that the airlines have the latest information at their fingertips when they need it.
The Solution
To address this challenge, Lufthansa Systems chose Actian X transactional database and Actian OpenROAD application development platform to support their flight planning application, LidoFlight Planning. Actian X was selected for its performance, speed, stability, and cost-effectiveness. The central Actian X database serves as the repository of information that powers all LidoFlight Planning. The data is available to the application in real-time, it is easy to use, secure, and available 24 x 7. Lufthansa Systems maintains and updates the solution in real time to ensure that the airlines have the latest information at their fingertips when they need it. Every time there is a new piece of data or information about a new flight path, a new flight restriction, an airport closure or severe turbulence on the horizon, Lufthansa Systems feeds this via LidoFlight Planning to its customers.
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