Lufthansa Systems today announced that the Brazilian airline GOL Transportes Aereos has renewed its contracts for Lufthansa Systems' resource management (NetLine Suite) and MRO (AMOS) solutions for another five years. The agreement has also been expanded to include the new NetLine/Ops ++ component and additional NetLine/Crew modules. GOL has worked with Lufthansa Systems since the airline was established in 2001. It began using NetLine and AMOS in 2008. By renewing its agreement with Lufthansa Systems, GOL has confirmed and expanded the successful, long-standing partnership between the companies.
NetLine covers GOL's entire resource management process. For example, the airline uses NetLine/Ops ++ for all of its operational control processes. This recently redesigned solution also offers functions such as PaxConnex, MoneyMachine and DeltaMaster. With NetLine/Ops ++ MoneyMachine, GOL can view the potential cost of operational decisions in real time and thus avoid unforeseen costs. GOL will use the Fatigue Risk Management module of NetLine/Crew to improve the quality and safety of its crew planning. The airline will also benefit from a fully automated interface to the hotel management solution from API (Accommodations Plus International), a full-service travel management provider. This makes it possible to incorporate real-time crew layover changes and invoice reconciliation into GOL's crew planning to save considerable costs, increase employee productivity and enhance flight crew¡¯s hotel experience. The NetLine/Sched schedule management solution enables GOL to modify its flight schedule plans in order to increase the overall capacity utilization of its aircraft. The system also helps planners evaluate "what-if" scenarios and gauge their cost-effectiveness.
AMOS is a comprehensive MRO software package for controlling an airline's central maintenance, repair and overhaul processes. The system's eight core modules cover materials management, maintenance planning and technical planning as well as financial processes, component overhaul, operations control and quality assurance. Thanks to the modularity of AMOS, applications can easily be adapted to meet GOL's needs.
"Based on our many years of successful cooperation, we have complete faith in the solutions and services from Lufthansa Systems. Renewing our agreement and adding additional products was a logical step for us," explained Pedro Rodrigo Scorza, Operations Director at GOL.
"I am delighted that GOL has decided to renew its cooperation with Lufthansa Systems for another five years. There could be no better endorsement of the work we have done so far," said Klaus Bernhardt, Senior Vice President Regional Management Americas at Lufthansa Systems. "We are very proud to count one of South America's largest airlines among our long-standing customers."
GOL Transportes Aereos, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is one of the largest low-cost airline in the world. It serves national and international destinations in North and South America with a fleet of 130 aircraft.
