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President Trump’s tariffs will not spell the end of globalisation but they could lead to trade turbulence, Lufthansa Cargo senior director of business development Heike Woerner told an online press conference on 18 March. “We still see long-term growth in the market,” she told the gathering.
In the face of rising US protectionism, she advised: “Keep calm. This industry is used to volatility, and also, some opportunities may arise for airfreight.”
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Lufthansa Cargo’s New York JFK station has gained IATA CEIV Pharma certification. The facilities there are equipped with walk-in refrigerators (2 to 8°C), walk-in freezers (-10 to -20°C) and temperature-controlled storage areas (15 to 25°C. Lufthansa Cargo now offers over 28 CEIV-certified and five GDP-certified stations as well as CEIV ...
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Lufthansa Cargo flew everything from a 65-ton machine for the automotive industry to exhibits for a ‘hip hop’ art show during 2024.
The German carrier also moved big cats, pygmy hippos and rare pandas through its Animal Lounge in Frankfurt, among the more notable being two Siberian tigers on their way ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has announced flights to two more Asian stations with its B777F long-haul fleet from its home hub in Frankfurt - Shenzhen Boa’an twice a week in future while it had already started freighter flights to Zhengzhou three days a week. The airline expects the take delivery of another ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Anand Kulkarni to the new position of head of global markets. He will lead and manage the sales regions and the digital sales department in regions including Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Europe, Middle East, Africa, South Asia & CIS, Americas and Asia Pacific. Kulkarni was previously ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is to operate freighters from its south hub at Munich for the first time from 6 July with a twice-weekly A321F flight with Istanbul. Munich is already an important centre for Lufthansa’s bellyhold capacity and the airport authority has been pushing the carrier to add all-cargo capacity for ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is to offer a B777F freighter service from Frankfurt to Monterrey, Mexico from June 3, an extension of its route to Mexico City.
The service is aimed particularly at automotive suppliers, electronics providers and medical products.
Lufthansa Cargo now serves North America with up to 33 freighter frequencies weekly and ...
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Air freight remains essential for the German economy, said Lufthansa, marking Supply Chain Day, on 18 April.
The carrier said that no other mode offers the necessary speed to transport time-critical, temperature-sensitive, and valuable goods, for urgent spare parts, vaccines, relief supplies or animals on their way to a new home.
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Lufthansa Cargo says it achieved significantly higher average yields than before the start of the corona pandemic despite increased capacities in the market.
In its annual report for 2023, it noted that sales of 7.5 billion freight tonne-km last year were slightly higher than in the previous year 2022 (7.2 billion) ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has added a fourth A321 freighter to complete its fleet of short-haul freighters. With 14 pallet and container positions on the main deck and ten on the lower deck, the twin-engine aircraft has a total payload of 28 tons and has already made its first flights including where ...
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