Optifly signs 5-year deal with Eurowings for scheduling software

Optifly has announced a long-term partnership with Eurowings, the value airline of one of the world’s largest airline groups, Lufthansa.

After a very successful trial this year, Eurowings will leverage Optifly’s next-generation scheduling software across its entire fleet to increase utilization and lower the cost per available seat kilometer (CASK).

Using Optifly’s cloud-hosted web application, Eurowings Network Planning, Scheduling and Slots teams can now define internal operational rules and protocols, enabling users to quickly build a clean-sheet schedule that meets not only the operational constraints but also the commercial objectives of the airline.

Optifly has initially optimised part of Eurowing’s winter ‘22 schedule and we now look forward to working together to optimise the full fleet of over 100 aircraft for Summer ‘23, delivering More sectors. More routes. More profit.

“The first time I saw a demo of the Optifly product I knew this was a game-changer. The increase in utilization from optimizing for additional seats or sectors, and the speed at which they build clean sheet schedules, minutes, are truly remarkable.  This allows my teams to experiment with multiple different scenarios and better decide how to deploy our capacity.” Michael Haendel – Vice President Network Management and Airport Relations at Eurowings.

“We are delighted to be partnering with Eurowings,  Europe’s leading value airline and have thoroughly enjoyed working alongside Michael Haendel and his teams since the beginning of the year. Optifly is a perfect fit for Eurowings as our product offers simplicity in purpose, lowering the cost per available seat kilometre by increasing the number of sectors each aircraft flies each day.” Steven Kearney – Chief Executive Officer at Optifly.