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NewsVienna Airport sees pharma volumes grow as Austrian signs up to VPHC
Source: Vienna AirportAustrian Airlines has signed up to use the Vienna Airport Pharma Handling Center (VPHC) for all of its cargo volumes at the Austrian airport.Vienna Airport said the deal with the Lufthansa Group-owned airline would further establish the airport as a pharma hub for central and eastern Europe.The airport ...
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Austrian Airlines to end 'preighter' operation
Austrian Airlines has announced that it is ending its preighter operation after 15 months.The Lufthansa Group-owned airline's long-haul passenger aircraft have regularly operated as freighter-only aircraft between Asia and Europe since March last year.Two B777s (OE-LPA and OE-LPC) even had their seats removed to boost cargo capacity and acted as ...
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Swissport wins Lufthansa cargo deal at Heathrow
Swissport in the UK has won a contract to handle the Lufthansa Group's cargo volumes at Heathrow Airport.Swissport said the contract win meant it now handles the German airline group’s cargo at all of its UK destinations, this includes Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines."We are pleased to be able to ...
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NewsLufthansa strips out seats to create extra cargo space
Lufthansa will take out the seats from several of its aircraft as it looks to create space to carry extra cargo.The move is part of wider efforts to expand cargo capacity through the addition of extra services to meet a capacity crunch.The airline said that in co-operation with sister company ...