August 11, 2005

The user-friendly Lido Operation Center solution optimizes flight paths, lowers fuel costs and takes care of pilot briefings.

Qantas has selected Lufthansa Systems to supply its new flight planning system. The Australian flag carrier is going use the Lido OC (Operations Center) and Lido Briefing solutions to optimize its flight paths and brief its cockpit crews. The two companies signed a ten-year contract to this effect in Sydney at the end of July 2005.

"We believe that the Lido OC solution from Lufthansa Systems will help us optimise our flight planning," says Fiona Balfour, explaining why Qantas chose Lufthansa Systems. Balfour is responsible for the entire IT department in her role as executive general manager Qantas Business Services and chief information officer of Qantas.

Dr. Gunter Küchler, managing director of Lufthansa Systems, welcomed the new Lido OC customer, saying, "We're pleased that Qantas, one of the most successful players on the Asia/Pacific market, has become another important airline to choose our flight planning system." He noted that Qantas already has very sophisticated flight planning procedures. "Nonetheless," he stressed, "we could offer the Australian airline the potential for further optimization. This highlights the high quality of our value-added systems."

Lido OC covers all aspects of flight planning and follow-up procedures. It draws on its own database, which allows it to automatically calculate the ideal flight path between two airports and to generate secure and easy-to-understand briefing documents for each flight. Flightspecific information, such as navigational and weather data, can be forwarded via Lido OC
to the responsible offices in an airline's operations department. Current data, such as aeronautical restrictions and the NOTAMS (Notices for Airmen) issued by aviation authorities, can automatically be taken into account when calculating flight paths. This allows dispatchers to make fast, reliable decisions on the basis of all the data relevant to a flight.

Lido OC from Lufthansa Systems combines security and flexibility with cost optimization. With its modern technology and user-friendly architecture, Lido OC offers Qantas a highavailability, fail-safe solution for its sensitive flight operations.

Qantas is an airline with a long history. It was founded in the Queensland outback in 1920 and played a leading role in opening up the Australian continent through air travel. With a fleet of over 200 aircraft and nearly 6000 flights a week, Qantas serves destinations all over the world.

Note to editors:

Lufthansa Systems is one of the leading IT service providers for the airline and aviation industries worldwide. As systems integrator, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group covers the entire range of IT services, including consulting, development, implementation and operation. Lufthansa Systems provides its IT infrastructure and operations services to a variety of industries. Headquartered in Kelsterbach near Frankfurt/Main, Germany, the company has branches in Germany and 17 countries and employs about 4,500 people worldwide. In business year 2004, Lufthansa Systems
recorded sales of EUR 628 million. For more details, see www.LHsystems.com.