Regional carrier Lufthansa CityLine has purchased additional licenses of cost index software Pacelab CI OPS in order to optimize the operational efficiency of its BAe Avro RJ85 aircraft. The software will supply variable speed tables for the climb, cruise and descent phases, which can be used to create cost index-optimized flight plans.

Pacelab CI OPS is the brainchild of Lufthansa CityLine and Berlin software provider PACE. When run on Electronic Flight Bags, Pacelab CI OPS enables flight crews to determine the most cost-efficient trajectory in any given situation and to achieve significant en-route savings. The software is standard issue on board Lufthansa CityLine’s Bombardier and Embraer regional jets and is progressively being introduced to regional sister airlines Eurowings, Augsburg Airways and Air Dolomiti.

Captain Alexander Holhut, Manager Operational Services Cockpit at Lufthansa CityLine, said: “Successful operational efficiency management is the result of many small steps toward a clearly-defined goal. Our aim is to improve every single aspect of our flight operations, and state-of-the-art tools like Pacelab CI OPS offer invaluable support on our way forward.”

About Lufthansa CityLine

Lufthansa CityLine, as a wholly-owned Group company of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, is one of five strong partners in the Lufthansa Regional concept. Currently, 6.4 million passengers fly with Lufthansa CityLine every year. With its fleet of 60 modern and environmentally compatible medium- and short-range jets, CityLine serves all important airports across Europe with a total of up to 350 daily flights.

Lufthansa CityLine counts 2,301 employees, of whom 667 work in the cockpit, 813 in the cabin and 821 on the ground in the technical and administrative areas (as of December 31, 2010).

More information about Lufthansa CityLine is available online.

About PACE

PACE, with office in Germany and the US, develops and distributes intelligent software solutions for aircraft and engine manufacturers, airlines, MRO providers and leasing companies supporting the entire life-cycle of the aircraft, from marketing and design to customization and flight operations. Major areas of application are conceptual aircraft and aircraft systems design, cabin configuration, performance analysis and the management of fuel and operational efficiency in flight operations.

Customers include Airbus, Air Berlin, ASDL, Bauhaus Luftfahrt, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Emirates, Etihad, Eurocopter, Eurowings, GE Aviation, Irkut, Lufthansa CityLine, MDA, Rolls-Royce, Superjet International and Sukhoi.