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Lufthansa Cargo's traffic declined 2% in 2015 but the leading European carrier still managed to carry 1.6 million tonnes of freight and mail in what it described as “a challenging market”.
“Last year was not an easy one for the air freight industry”, emphasised Lufthansa Cargo CEO and executive board chairman, Peter Gerber. “Turbulence in the Chinese market and the strong US Dollar, that affected a lot of industries, stretched us ...
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Lufthansa's time:matters Special Speed Logistics arm has added Alitalia destinations to its Sameday network, giving to numerous direct connections to and from Italy and within the country. Almost 400 additional connections are now available from major business hubs such as Milan and Rome to cities such as Amsterdam and Budapest ...
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Barely a year after it signed a cargo partnership deal with Japan’s ANA airline, German carrier Lufthansa has now reached agreement with United Airlines for a similar pact on the transatlantic route.
The two carriers aid on 9 December that they would extend their current cooperation on passenger services to include ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) are expanding their joint network between Europe and Japan with the addition of Fukuoka on Kyushu in south Japan, later to be followed by Sapporo on the north island. Starting from December, ANA flights from Tokyo Haneda to Fukuoka Airport can be booked ...
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A Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F freighter is now flying around the world with the footprints of 24 children on its fuselage. The colourful design is in aid of the Cargo Human Care organisation, for which D-ALCH is a flying ambassador. The association runs an orphanage for around 120 children nearby the ...
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Lufthansa’s urgent logistics arm time:matters has added an export station at Istanbul to its Sameday Air network, the 105th on the system. Some 13 European stations can be served by a total of 230 direct flights a week ex Istanbul and further connections are available via Frankfurt and Munich. Shipments ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is to make permanent its weekly freighter service to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, started on a trial basis in summer. It flies from Frankfurt on Thursdays operated by a Boeing 777F, via Mumbai and terminating in Hong Kong.
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Lufthansa Cargo and Swiss WorldCargo’s and Lufthansa Cargo are to offer a new pricing concept, but have stopped short of rolling up fuel and other surcharges into the basic freight rate as a handful of other carriers have done in the last few months. The carriers' new structure will consist ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is to extend its joint venture with Japan's ANA Cargo to the eastbound leg from 3 August. The two carriers launched a joint venture, initially between Japan and Europe, in December 2014. It will give customers in Europe access to the two carriers' shared network, including over 90 ...
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Demand for freighters is still strong, despite the decision by British Airways to axe its all-cargo planes and Air France KLM's drastic slimming down of its operation, Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber (pictured) told a press conference on 19 March.
Describing BA's arguments that all-cargo aircraft were not now necessary ...
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