Lufthansa Systems today announced that the French airline Corsair International will use the comprehensive NetLine SP solution for its flight planning, crew management and operations control. NetLine SP from Lufthansa Systems is a complete operational planning and control system designed specifically for the needs of medium-sized airlines. Requiring only minor investments and paying for itself within a short period of time, the IT solution combines the performance of the NetLine suite with professional system operation in the Lufthansa Systems data center.  
“The system will enable us to achieve the ideal balance between the company's operational requirements and the needs of our flight crews," said Jean-Pierre Bes, Flight Operations Director at Corsair International.  
For Antoine de Kerviler, Corsair’s CIO, “NetLine SP gives us access to the latest technologies available in this area. Our past experience of working with Lufthansa Systems and their vision of the future were important factors in our selection process.” 
NetLine SP – short for NetLine Service Providing – is a clearly structured package consisting of NetLine/Sched, NetLine/Crew and NetLine/Ops. These basic components cover the key aspects of Corsair’s operations, including flight planning, crew management and operations control. Corsair will use the NetLine/Crew Fairness xOPT optimization tool for its crew planning. This solution simplifies the crew planning process by generating fast, cost-efficient and fair duty rosters. The system distributes flight hours, stopovers and routings fairly to all crew members. This principle minimizes overtime costs and ensures that all crew members are given sufficient duty shifts, benefiting the crew members and thus increasing employee satisfaction. Corsair has also opted to use the CrewLink module so that crew members can directly access their duty rosters. 
“We are very pleased to expand the relationship we have had with Corsair since 2010,” said Marco Cesa, SVP Regional Management Europe at Lufthansa Systems. “In addition to our navigation charts and our staff travel solution, Corsair will now also use NetLine SP to optimize its resource management. This is a great vote of confidence in our work.” 
Corsair was won over by Lufthansa Systems’ extensive experience, the many satisfied NetLine customers, the professional support provided during and after the introduction of the solution and the assistance that Lufthansa Systems offers in the modification of business processes.