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   From: jim.mason@removethisukonline.co.uk   
      
   Press release   
      
   Thursday 19 June 2008   
      
      
      
   easyJet continues to improve efficiency and squeeze costs with LIDO OC   
      
   -        With new flight planning system -   
      
      
   Lufthansa Systems today announced that easyJet, Europe's fourth largest   
   airline, will begin using Lido Operations Center (Lido OC), to plan all   
   of its flight routings from October 2008   
      
      
      
   The Lido OC flight planning solution will enable the airline to optimise   
   its flight routings, reduce fuel consumption and deliver significant   
   cost-savings by:   
      
      
      
   *        Taking in to account TFR (Traffic Flow Restrictions) - highly   
   complex regulations which ensure that air traffic flows smoothly   
      
      
      
   *        Saving dispatchers time and effort by automatically checking the   
   regulations for each route   
      
      
      
   *        Taking in to account current weather conditions, flight time,   
   fuel efficiency, and costs in order to plan the best route   
      
      
      
   Cor Vrieswijk, easyJet's Operations Director, commented:   
      
   "The recent surges in oil prices are having a dramatic effect on   
   European aviation and as a result easyJet are taking a range of measures   
   to reduce our costs and improve fuel efficiency. We chose Lido OC and   
   the TFR module because it will help us optimise the routes operated by   
   our modern, economical fleet and create an efficient, dynamic flight   
   planning processes, which will reduce costs.   
      
      
      
   Moreover, the system is highly automated, which helps our dispatchers   
   work more efficiently and frees up resources for continued growth.   
   Efficient processes and the optimal use of resources are the core of our   
   successful business model."   
      
      
      
   Matthias van Leeuwen, Senior Vice President Sales EMEA/South at   
   Lufthansa Systems, welcomed the latest member to the growing Lido OC   
   user community:   
      
   "easyJet is a success story just as much as our flight planning solution   
   which has been an internationally leading application in its field for a   
   long time. We are pleased that this dynamic airline adds to the list of   
   major carriers from our UK growth market that benefit from the   
   optimization potential of Lido OC,"   
      
      
      
   The introduction of this new flight planning system is part of easyJet's   
   efficiency program which also includes accelerated fleet   
   rationalization, improvements to crewing efficiencies, a focus on   
   reducing overheads and follows the airline's recent unveiling of its new   
   CFM engines which will reduce NOx and CO2 emissions as well as fuel   
   consumption.   
      
      
      
      
      
   -ENDS -   
      
      
      
   For further information please contact the easyJet Press Office on:   
      
   (email address and tel no. removed)   
      
   Background information:   
      
      
      
   Lufthansa Systems is one of the leading IT service providers for the   
   airline and aviation industries worldwide. As a 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 infrastructure and consulting   
   services to a variety of industries. Headquartered in Kelsterbach near   
   Frankfurt/Main, Germany, the company has branches in Germany and 16   
   other countries and employs about 3,200 people worldwide. In business   
   year 2007, Lufthansa Systems recorded sales of EUR 679 million. For more   
   details, see www.Lhsystems.com.   
      
      
      
   For more information, please contact:   
      
   Lufthansa Systems AG   
      
   Sandra Hammer   
      
   Corporate Communications   
      
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