GOL automates staff flights with myIDTravel from Lufthansa Systems

Lufthansa Systems today announced that the Brazilian low-cost carrier GOL plans to use myIDTravel to manage its staff travel. GOL is the 40th airline to opt for this integrated solution from Lufthansa Systems, which will automate and improve the process of ticketing and listing employee flights †so-called ID flights †on other airlines.

myIDTravel includes a self-service portal that will be available to GOL employees everywhere around the clock,

thus lowering the airline’s travel management costs. “As a low-cost airline, it is particularly important for our staff travel processes to be as efficient as possible. The elimination of paper tickets alone will cut our costs significantly and make it easier for our employees to arrange flights,” said Adalberto Bogsan, Technical Vice President at GOL.

myIDTravel is an integrated solution for the efficient management of business and private ID travel. Through

e-ticketing, new self-service functions and a high level of automation, airlines can optimize their ID travel management and reduce costs. myIDTravel eliminates the need for paper tickets and enables airlines to replace them with electronic ID tickets for interlining flights. The solution covers everything from the management of ID agreements and travel regulations to revenue accounting with participating interline partners. Airline employees also benefit greatly from using myIDTravel because they can conveniently purchase, change, issue and refund electronic tickets for their trips.

“GOL is a leading South American airline, and it is taking an important technological step forward with myIDTravel while at the same time strengthening our long-standing cooperation. Lufthansa Systems is already in contact with other carriers in the region because with each additional user, the value of a product like myIDTravel grows for the entire community,” says Klaus Bernhardt, Senior Vice President Sales Americas at Lufthansa Systems.

In just nine years GOL has increased its fleet from 6 to 108 aircraft, establishing itself as one of the fastest growing low-cost, low-fare airlines in the world. The company currently offers the most extensive and convenient routes in South America: there are about 860 daily flights to 61 destinations in ten countries. Combined with over 30 operational partnerships with foreign companies, GOL's route network is among the best serving customers traveling to, from and within Brazil.