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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 ... [+]

Lufthansa Group partners join PharmaAero

Lufthansa Cargo, Swiss World Cargo and the Lufthansa Group's time:matters fast logistics arm have joined the Pharma.Aero interest group. Pharma.Aero is an international collaboration platform for medical technology and pharmaceutical companies, as well as freight companies and airport operators. The Belgium-based organization now has more than 50 partners and members. Time-critical ... [+]

Lufthansa adds freighter routes

Lufthansa Cargo is adding new freighter destinations to its short and medium-haul A321F freighter network from April. From 12 April there will be two weekly connections between Frankfurt and Larnaca, in a combined routing with Athens, and a weekly connection to Milan. By late summer, Lufthansa’s A321F fleet will be expanded ... [+]

New chief for Lufthansa’s China joint venture

Lufthansa Cargo has appointed current vice president region for Latin America and Caribbean, Carsten Hernig as deputy general manager and vice president production, sales and marketing at Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL). He is responsible for production, sales and marketing at the joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and ... [+]

Lufthansa adds Hanoi to freighter network

Lufthansa Cargo has added Hanoi to its B777F freighter network in the winter flight schedule for 2022/23. The inaugural flight, operated by an AeroLogic aircraft, took place on 2 November from Frankfurt and, with a stop in Mumbai, reached Hanoi on 3 November. The twice weekly flights complement Lufthansa Cargo’s ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo makes biggest ever freighter investment

Lufthansa Group has ordered new ten freighter aircrafts - three current-technology Boeing 777F freighters and seven 777-8F freighters, Boeing's next-generation all-cargo aircraft. It will be the largest investment in Lufthansa Cargo’s history. The first of the 777F aircraft, which could be acquired on the used market at short notice, is expected ... [+]

Lufthansa and cargo.one remove the need to hold AWB stocks

Lufthansa Cargo and cargo.one have launched in initiative that removes the need for freight forwarders to hold valid Air Waybill (AWB) stocks before booking air cargo. Usersof the booking platform can now have an AWB automatically assigned when they book capacity on the carrier. For decades, the progression of an air ... [+]

First flight for Lufthansa short-haul freighter

Lufthansa Cargo A321 freighter lifted off for its first commercial flight from the carrier’s main Frankfurt base to Dublin on 15 March. The aircraft, registration D-AEUC was christened ‘Hello Europe’ before departure and is operated by Lufthansa’s CityLine short haul passenger arm. Lufthansa Cargo chair and chief executive, Dorothea von Boxberg, said ... [+]