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Lufthansa to maintain Vietnam freighter

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.   [+]

Lufthansa and Swiss take a fresh look at airfreight pricing

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 ... [+]

Lufthansa-ANA joint venture to go eastbound

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 ... [+]

We’ll stick with freighters, says Lufthansa chief

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 ... [+]

Fifth freighter for Lufthansa

Lufthansa Cargo has taken delivery of its fifth and final Boeing 777F freighter aircraft. D-ALFE landed in Frankfurt for the first time on 12 February on its delivery flight from Everett near Seattle. [+]

Could be wurst…

A 2.7% decline in freight was not a bad performance considering the tough competition in a difficult market, said Lufthansa Cargo in revealing its results for 2014. Total cargo was 1.669m tonnes as against 1.715mt in 2013. The German carrier also virtually maintained its load factor at 69.7% as against ... [+]

First shipments for Lufthansa-ANA joint service

Lufthansa Cargo has formally launched its joint venture with Japan's largest airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline. The two airlines started joint sales of shipments on flights from Japan to Europe on 1 December, with the first shipment despatched by Schenker-Seino on 2 December, booked via Lufthansa Cargo ... [+]

Business as usual despite strike, says Lufthansa

Lufthansa Cargo says it plans to operate all of its flights despite the walkout by the pilots’ union, Vereinigung Cockpit in a long-running dispute over age of retirement . The strike is set to ground all cargo flights scheduled to depart from Frankfurt on Wednesday and Thursday but two flights ... [+]

Lufthansa makes cool shipping simpler

Lufthansa Cargo has simplified pricing for its Cool/td shipments. The sender is now free to select the number of required rental days. Until now, it was only possible for a customer to hire a refrigerated container for a minimum of four days at a time; in the event of a ... [+]

Green light for ANA-Lufthansa joint venture

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Lufthansa Cargo have gained antitrust immunity for a Japan-Europe joint venture, claimed as the first of its kind in the cargo field. ANA has received approval for the joint venture from the Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transportand it has been positively assessed by ... [+]

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