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Cars take Eurowings

Lufthansa Cargo and its partner Aircargo Consulting have developed a new process to allow larger vehicles to be carried in the bellyholds of passenger planes operated by its Eurowings subsidiary. While cars that fit on an aircraft pallet can be loaded into passenger planes, larger vehicles have until now had to be transported by freighter aircraft. The first commercial transport of a vehicle in a Eurowings bellyhold was a Seat Arona ... [+]

Lufthansa adds Osaka freighters

Lufthansa Cargo has added two weekly freighters to Osaka, Japan, complementing its existing daily freighter to Tokyo-Narita as well as the Lufthansa passenger flights to Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda, and Nagoya. The new route is operated from Frankfurt via Novosibirsk to Osaka on Wednesdays and Fridays. [+]

On the fast track from southern Germany

Lufthansa’s time:matters arm has extended its Spare Parts Logistics service to include flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport in southern German to Birmingham and Dublin on weekdays. Time:matters has been serving the UK and from Frankfurt and Maastricht since 2011. Urgently needed spare parts can be delivered from 8am the next day. The service ... [+]

More all cargo flights to China

Lufthansa is to offer more freighter flights to Shanghai and Guangzhou as part of its latest timetable change. Shanghai goes up from seven to nine times a week from September and will exclusively be operated by Boeing 777F cargo aircraft replacing remaining MD-11Fs. Guangzhou goes up from four to five times ... [+]

Lufthansa ticks all the green boxes for DHL

Lufthansa Cargo has been named a Preferred Carrier by DHL Global Forwarding and was the only airline to score full points in all four of its GoGreen categories. It was rated according to CO2 emissions; its commitment to harmonising CO2 calculation and reporting and to other environmental projects; the level ... [+]

Growth in a cold climate

Lufthansa Cargo is to expand the Cool Center at its home hub in Frankfurt from its current 4,500sq m to 8,000sq m by late summer 2017. The original phase was completed in December 2011 and boasts four cold-storage rooms at 2 to 8 °C, 15 to 25 °C, -12 to ... [+]

Forwarder to partner Lufthansa private shipper service

Freight forwarder Militzer & Münch has been appointed exclusive agent in Europe for Lufthansa Cargo’s new myAirCargo for private shippers. The recently announced new service is aimed at individuals sending international airfreight shipments such as furniture, motorcycles or art objects that are too large or heavy for airline carry-on luggage. It ... [+]

Lufthansa takes back fast logistics arm

Lufthansa Cargo has retaken complete ownership of its time:matters sameday delivery and time-critical logistics arm. The airline spun off time:matters in 2002, retaining a 49% share with the majority 51% held by financial investor Aheim Capital and time:matters management. [+]

Lufthansa goes for the personal touch

Lufthansa Cargo has launched a new service aimed at private shippers sending bulky goods internationally by air. The carriers logistics subsidiary will organise door to door – transport including customs formalities It is only available via www.myaircargo.com and can be booked online in just five steps which the price and ... [+]

Lufthansa to offer economy freight service

Lufthansa Cargo is to offer a new ‘economy’ online service from September 2016. The new option, branded td.Basic, will be available through online channels only and will have a transit time three days longer than the existing td.Pro standard product, which will still be available. [+]

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