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Lufthansa reveals winter freighter plans

Lufthansa Cargo is promising an average of 35 freighter connections a week between Europe and Asia in its winter schedule for cargo aircraft. Destinations will include Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Tashkent. There will be 34 freighter flights a week between Europe and North America with Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta (the most frequently served airports, ... [+]

Out with the old, in with the new at Lufthansa

Lufthansa Cargo took delivery of its 13th new Boeing 777F in Frankfurt on 29 September, delivered from Everett Airport in Washington State. The new aircraft bears the name "¡Buenos días México!", which it took over from an aircraft with the registration D-ALCH that had already been taken out of service. ... [+]

Latest arrival for Lufthansa

Lufthansa Cargo took delivery of its eighth Boeing 777F aircraft in Frankfurt on 31 August. It takes on the name Namaste India from a previous aircraft in the fleet and is one of a pair of new planes announced in November 2019, the second of which is expected in a ... [+]

Lufthansa shareholders agree state rescue deal

Shareholders of Lufthansa Cargo parent company Deutsche Lufthansa voted to accept capital measures and participation by the German state Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF) at an extraordinary general meeting on 25 June. The package provides for stabilization measures and loans of up to €9 billion including a €5.7bn “silent capital contribution” ... [+]

Seatless in Shanghai

Lufthansa Cargo is to operate 51 additional weekly cargo flights between Germany, Austria and Asia by removing seats from several passenger aircraft. Some 14 flights a week are currently being operated with Boeing 777F wide-body freighters but from Easter onwards 35 weekly flights with Lufthansa passenger aircraft will be added ... [+]

Lufthansa uses every last inch of space

The first Lufthansa passenger aircraft operated in freighter mode landed at Frankfurt Airport from China on 25 March. The Airbus A330 was loaded with around 30 tons of freight, using not only the bellyhold capacity but stowage compartments above the seats. The load included masks and other protective equipment and ... [+]

New cargo route to Newcastle – updated

Lufthansa has launched six-time a week flights between Newcastle and Munich, operated by an Airbus A319 aircraft and offering cargo capacity. Frequency of the Glasgow-Frankfurt service will also be increased from daily to double daily in the summer and the additional flight, like the existing one, will also carry freight. ... [+]

Lufthansa offers realtime rates

Lufthansa Cargo is offering online dynamic spot prices that can be booked immediately through its Rapid Rate Response (RRR) mechanism. From December 2019, the system will generate spot price offers for all customers based in a number of  pilot markets including Thailand, Vietnam, North and Northeast India, Beijing, Middle East, ... [+]

Lufthansa to retire all MD11Fs by 2020

Lufthansa Cargo has brought forward its its fleet modernisation plan, saying it will buy two more new Boeing 777F freighters, but at the same time withdraw all its older MD-11 freighters by the end of 2020. The carrier says that overall, it will have the same freighter at the end ... [+]

Time matters to China

Lufthansa’s time:matters high speed logistics arm has added seven stations in China to its network for worldwide Sameday Air transport - Shanghai, Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Chengdu and Guangzhou. Local company time:matters Shanghai International Freight Forwarding Ltd. founded specifically to handle the business in June. [+]

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