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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 markets. Lufthansa Cargo currently flies to four destinations on that continent.
The name resulted from a public competition and was chosen ...
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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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Lufthansa Cargo says Germany's Federal Aviation Office has officially recognised the electronic consignment security declaration (eCSD). It is an important part of the campaign to create a paperless airfreight supply chain.
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A Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 flew 25 tonnes of emergency aid from Frankfurt to Manilla over the weekend of 9-10 November. Filling the belly space of the passenger aircraft were 5,400 fleece blankets, 3,000 plastic tarpaulins, tents and medical supplies for the area devastated by the super typhoon in the Philippines. ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is adding the Peruvian capital Lima to the schedule of its MD-11 freighter service on Mondays and Fridays from Frankfurt via Dakar (Senegal) and Manaus (Brazil) from 27 October. The return journey to Frankfurt will include stops in Quito, Ecuador and Aguadilla in Puerto Rico.
The German carrier is ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has earmarked Atlanta, Chicago, New York as the first three scheduled destinations for its new 777 freighter aircraft when it goes into service in November 2013. The new plane can fly for 10½ hours with a payload of 103 tons while meeting the latest noise protection standards in ...
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Lufthansa's high-speed cargo division time:matters has joined forces with maritime logistics specialist Golden Cargo to offer ship spares service. Golden Cargo has strong links with the shipping industry in Greece and other ports and maritime gateways and also provides specialised customs clearance processes and delivery services, such as on-board and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has signed a deal with the German Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH) coalition of relief organisations to provide guaranteed capacity during humanitarian disasters anywhere in the world. The agreement aims to take away the uncertainty and, often, high costs that often hamper relief operations in many parts of the ...
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Lufthansa's 'time:matters' special speed logistics division has further expanded its network in China. Wuhan, Xi’an, Shenyang, Dalian, Shenzhen or Qingdao can now be reached from Frankfurt or Munich within 60-70 hours, including customs clearance in addition to the existing destinations of Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Lufthansa is to build a modern logistics centre at Frankfurt Airport, despite the night-flight ban imposed by a court earlier in the year, said the German flag carrier on 19 September. The building will replace the existing over 30-year-old Lufthansa Cargo Centre and is due to go into operation in ...
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