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Lufthansa Cargo is to operate twice-weekly MD11 freigher flights from Frankfurt to Lagos from 15 September. A total of 170 tonnes of capacity will be available each week on the flights, which will operate on Monday and Thursday. After Lagos, the freighter will fly on to Johannesburg and the return leg to Frankfurt will include a stopover in Nairobi. Lufthansa also operates passenger flights with bellyhold freight capacity to Port ...
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Lufthansa Cargo flew 65 horses in 22 mobile stalls from Frankfurt to the Iranian capital, Tehran, on a special 777 freighter flight on the night of 28/29 July. The elegant stud and competition horses had checked in at Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt Animal Lounge and then been accommodated in new horse ...
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Lufthansa Cargo says that all its LD3 containers are now the lightweight versions madealmost entirely from plastic. With 500,000 container movements per year, the 14-kilogramme difference over conventional containers amounts to a weight reduces fuel consumption by 2,000 tonnes and CO2 emissions by 7,000 tonnes per year.
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Lufthansa Cargo’s new Boeing 777F made its first call at Shanghai Pudong, becoming the first city in the carriers global route network to be served with daily flights by the aircraft.
Regional director Christian Haug told over 100 representatives of the logistics industry in Shanghai. “The Triple Seven is already setting ...
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State-owned airlines are distorting industry figures because they do not have to operate on a level playing field, Lufthansa Cargo's outgoing chairman and CEO Karl Ulrich Garnadt told a press conference on 25 March, writes Marcia MacLeod.
Garnadt pointed out that the only airlines which showed a relatively healthy profit ...
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Lufthansa Cargo’s new Boeing 777F - christened Jambo Kenya or Hello Kenya - landed in Nairobi, Kenya for the first time on 11 March, following a flight from Frankfurt via Johannesburg. On arrival, the freighter was officially christened in the presence of Kenya Airports Authority chairman Professor Mutuma Mugambi, German ...
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Peter Gerber has been named as the new chief executive and chairman of Lufthansa Cargo, while current cargo chief Karl Ulrich Garnadt’s is to head up the carrier’s passenger business.
Gerber has been responsible at board level for human resources, IT and services on the executive board of Lufthansa German Airlines ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has introduced a new tracking service using GSM transponders. The devices have been specifically designed for use on board aircraft and is the first officially certified equipment of its type, which switch off automatically during flight.
Lufthansa Cargo will provide the devices, weighinbg just 50 grams, which shippers can ...
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A week after the maiden comemrcial flight of Lufthansa Cargo's first Boeing 777F, a second new Triple Seven arrived in Frankfurt on 27 November. The new aircraft has been christened Jambo Kenya (Hello Kenya) in recognition of the importance of Africa as one of the most important air freight growth ...
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Lufthansa Cargo operated an aid flight to the Philippines on 22 November free of charge in partnership with the ‘Aktion Deutschland Hilft’ emergency aid alliance. Carrying around 55 tonnes of relief supplies, the MD-11 freighter will bring more than twice the amount of cargo that was transported to the crisis-hit ...
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