Lufthansa Cargo has added a fourth A321 freighter to its short- and medium-haul network as part of its plan to expand capacity.
The freighter, with the registration D-AEUJ, has been operating in Lufthansa Cargo’s network since November, and has already made its first flights to Istanbul, Helsinki, Stockholm, Birmingham, England, Dublin, Casablanca, Copenhagen and Madrid.
The carrier added its third A321F in July.
As part of its expansion strategy, Lufthansa Cargo continues to expand its A321F network.
The new winter flight schedule, which came into effect on October 29, includes two new destinations: Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan (AMM) and Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden (ARN).
AMM is connected to the Lufthansa Cargo's Frankfurt Airport cargo hub in Germany once a week by an A321 freighter.
Frankfurt and ARN are connected three times a week. The new routing takes place on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
ARN is an important hub for the transportation of pharmaceutical and temperature-sensitive goods, said Lufthansa Cargo.
"Especially the Friday flight offers customers the possibility of late deliveries at the end of the industry's production week, connecting in Frankfurt to Lufthansa Cargo’s worldwide network the next morning, the carrier explained.
On November 23, Stavanger (SVG) was also added to the A321F network. SVG is already part of the Boeing 777F network but will now be served once a week by A321Fs.
The medium-haul freighter will fly every Thursday from Frankfurt to Stavanger and back to Frankfurt via Copenhagen. With Copenhagen and Helsinki already being part of the A321F network, the addition of ARN and SVG now completes the Nordic countries.
"I am very pleased that with our latest additions we now connect all Nordic countries to the rest of the world with our A321 freighter fleet," said Henning Oldendorf, head of sales and handling Nordics & Baltics.
"In total, we will serve 18 destinations in the short- and medium-haul network on more than 32 weekly flights with Airbus A321 freighters," commented Ashwin Bhat, Lufthansa Cargo chief executive.
"The high demand and the very positive feedback from our customers confirm our strategy to further expand our capacity and offer with the fast connections of the A321F operations. In addition, we are constantly evaluating our route network to create and adapt new capacities."
The carrier launched its intra-European freighter operation in March 2022.
