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Lufthansa adds China freighter flights

Lufthansa Cargo has announced flights to two more Asian stations with its B777F long-haul fleet from its home hub in Frankfurt - Shenzhen Boa’an twice a week in future while it had already started freighter flights to Zhengzhou three days a week. The airline expects the take delivery of another B777 freighter in the summer. The carrier is now offering 19 destinations with 47 weekly frequencies in Asia. Chief executive Ashwin Bhat ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo appoints head of global markets

Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Anand Kulkarni to the new position of head of global markets. He will lead and manage the sales regions and the digital sales department in regions including Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Europe, Middle East, Africa, South Asia & CIS, Americas and Asia Pacific. Kulkarni was previously ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo to fly first freighters from Munich

Lufthansa Cargo is to operate freighters from its south hub at Munich for the first time from 6 July with a twice-weekly A321F flight with Istanbul. Munich is already an important centre for Lufthansa’s bellyhold capacity and the airport authority has been pushing the carrier to add all-cargo capacity for ... [+]

Lufthansa to fly freighter to Monterrey

Lufthansa Cargo is to offer a B777F freighter service from Frankfurt to Monterrey, Mexico from June 3, an extension of its route to Mexico City. The service is aimed particularly at automotive suppliers, electronics providers and medical products. Lufthansa Cargo now serves North America with up to 33 freighter frequencies weekly and ... [+]

Without us, there would be no German economic miracle, says Lufthansa Cargo

Air freight remains essential for the German economy, said Lufthansa, marking Supply Chain Day, on 18 April. The carrier said that no other mode offers the necessary speed to transport time-critical, temperature-sensitive, and valuable goods, for urgent spare parts, vaccines, relief supplies or animals on their way to a new home. The ... [+]

Yields up at Lufthansa Cargo

Lufthansa Cargo says it achieved significantly higher average yields than before the start of the corona pandemic despite increased capacities in the market. In its annual report for 2023, it noted that sales of 7.5 billion freight tonne-km last year were slightly higher than in the previous year 2022 (7.2 billion) ... [+]

Lufthansa adds fourth short-haul freighter

Lufthansa Cargo has added a fourth A321 freighter to complete its fleet of short-haul freighters. With 14 pallet and container positions on the main deck and ten on the lower deck, the twin-engine aircraft has a total payload of 28 tons and has already made its first flights including where ... [+]

Lufthansa adds Nordic freighter routes

Lufthansa Cargo has added weekly A321F freighter flights from Helsinki to Copenhagen and from Copenhagen toFrankfurt. Each flight can carry 28 tonnes. It is part of the German carrier’s network of short-haul freighters, now operated by three A321F aircraft, due shortly to increase to four. [+]

Lufthansa sets up Schenker API link

Lufthansa Cargo has created a direct API connection with DB Schenker's booking system, ging the forwarder easier offer search and booking and also transparency in real time. Initially, DB Schenker is using the interface to book standard products such as general cargo with the option to extend to special products ... [+]

Lufthansa diverts Mexico freighters

Lufthansa Cargo will permanently switch its B777 freighter flights from Mexico City International Airport to Felipe Ángeles International Airport from 7 July. It follows a decree by the Mexican government prohibiting airlines from flying freighters to Mexico City Airport for capacity reasons. Felipe Ángeles Airport is about 45 km northeast of Mexico ... [+]