NetLine/Ops ++

Manage your airline operations ahead of time

Is your operations or hub control center well prepared for unforeseen events like bad weather conditions, critical inbound or
outbound passenger connections, missed ATC slots or sudden technical problems? Are your benefits as an airline group fully
exploited in terms of hardware consolidation, multi-source data integration with different crew management systems, pro-
active alerting and resource sharing? If you hesitate, then consider our airline operations control system NetLine/Ops ++.

Airline operations managed ahead of Continuous enhancement and

time refinement
NetLine/Ops ++ optimizes the daily utilization of your Lufthansa Systems is continuously refining the
flights, increases user productivity and improves your airline management by exception approach to reduce your
management when there are deviations from your regular workload even more.
schedule. How is this being done? With airline operations ahead of
time, using new technologies (such as artificial
intelligence), based on the web and the principles of SOA
The next-generation operations control (service-oriented architecture).
A REST API connects NetLine/Ops ++ to every other
system application based on the SWIM (system-wide information
Bad weather, missed slots or technical problems on the day management) standard. Advanced new technologies such
of ops can lead to multiple schedule changes. Fast, cost- as AI and optimizers are integrated seamlessly.
efficient and safe operational decisions are called for here.
NetLine/Ops ++ optimizes the daily utilization of your
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flights, increases user productivity and improves your airline

management when there are deviations from your regular
schedule.
In short, NetLine/Ops ++ is the most comprehensive
operations control system on the market.

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Features and functions

Process-oriented information NetLine/Ops ++ Tail xOPT

provides automated support for maximizing the efficiency
management of your tail assignment process. The tool routes all aircraft
The modern graphical user interface is intuitive, process- automatically to planned maintenance checks on time while
driven, and open to flexible customization. NetLine/Ops ++ taking all aircraft restrictions are into consideration. It
presents all information in user-friendly, ergonomic maximizes aircraft utilization right up to the date of the
graphics, pre-selecting and highlighting potentially critical planned check. The addition of useful buffers means that
situations. your schedule is more resilient on the day of operations,
thus saving schedule deviation costs.

NetLine/Ops ++ Solver xOPT

Powerful decision support helps to recover from schedule disruptions – no matter how
NetLine/Ops ++ offers a variety of decision support tools. serious – quickly and efficiently. The automated recovery
Operation controllers can evaluate the consequences of tool proposes feasible, cost-effective, revenue-oriented,
decisions in a scenario before the solution is carried out. and passenger-friendly solutions for operational
When working in a scenario, alerts are automatically irregularities to return more quickly to normal operations.
generated in the event of conflicts with the actual The solver’s holistic approach, therefore, achieves savings
schedule. Management by Exception allows filtering in disruption costs and enhances customer loyalty.
affected aircraft according to specific criteria. The selected
legs are updated automatically in the Gantt Chart. NetLine/Ops ++ Compact
NetLine/Ops ++ collects an extensive range of additional is a web browser-based “read-only” Gantt chart which
data – e. g. pax booking, critical weather conditions, crew provides full or restricted visibility on NetLine/Ops ++
rotations, airport limitations. A configurable smart to interested parties not working with the NetLine/Ops ++
information function with important leg and aircraft related PowerClient. Open the Compact Gantt Chart on any device
data facilitates access to all the necessary information. and have the OCC in your pocket.

NetLine/ Ops ++ CrewConnex

visualizes incoming and outgoing crew connections when
NetLine/Ops ++ add-on modules clicking on a leg. The duty start and duty end of each crew
NetLine/Ops ++ generates additional value through fully member of the leg and all legs of the duty in between will
integrated add-on modules: are connected by lines. The color of the lines indicates
the type of crew member (cockpit, cabin, deadhead).
NetLine/Ops ++ MaintenanceControl
supports maintenance planning and control functions. It NetLine/Ops ++ PaxConnex
enables full compliance and optimizes your check utilization visualizes incoming and outgoing PAX connections.
by collecting aircraft flight hours and cycles as well as The inbound legs of all connecting PAX are shown.
validating the schedule against a configurable maintenance Different colors and mouse over information indicate the
rule set. As a result, you benefit from reduced costs. type of PAX (F, C, Y, status PAX) and critical connections in
regards to the Minimum Connection Time (MCT). Pax
NetLine/Ops ++ OpsLink Misconnex alerts indicate all critical passenger connections
is the integrated intranet solution for safe and cost- and enable the OCC to take action.
effective real-time access to operational data. This add-on
module delivers schedule and actual movement times to NetLine/Ops ++ Airport Slot Handling
any desktop with minimal deployment costs. Overhead is providing the airport slot statistics for each departure and
costs for communication, hardware investment, and each arrival slot of each leg from NetLine/Sched Slot
maintenance are reduced. Monitor. For each airport slot, NetLine/Sched Slot Monitor
delivers the number of slot violations (e. g. cancellations,
NetLine/Ops ++ MoneyMachine time changes, etc.) that are still possible without losing the
is a real-time cost indicator for all operations control historical (grandfather) slot rights. The number is calculated
decisions, whether ETD, cancellation, equipment change based on the rules configured in NetLine/Sched Slot
or aircraft swap. NetLine/Ops ++ MoneyMachine considers Monitor. Thresholds can be set and OCC will get an alert
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the cost of delays and flight cancellation in line with about potential airport slot issues.
government regulations. The costs of doing nothing are
also calculated and serve to inform decision-making
intelligently during disruptions.

NetLine NetLine/Plan
Network planning
SchedConnect
Codeshare management
NetLine/Ops ++
Operations control

NetLine/Sched NetLine/Crew NetLine/Load

Schedule management Crew management Weight & balance

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