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Here comes summer: Lufthansa Cargo boosts freighter network and capacity
Lufthansa Cargo will add freighter connections and increase the cargo capacity on its global network by 10% when the 2019 summer schedule comes into effect on March 31.The new schedule incorporates the capacity of two recently delivered Boeing 777Fs to Lufthansa Cargo and AeroLogic, the joint venture with DHL. Said ...
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European Cargo Monthly: Tough start for Lufthansa and AF KLM
Lufthansa Cargo and Air France KLM have had a tough start to the year, with both reporting declines in freight traffic figures in January.German carrier group Lufthansa saw cargo traffic decline by 5% year on year in January to 767m revenue cargo tonne kms (RCTK).Meanwhile, capacity increased by 7% resulting ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and AF KLM Cargo lead the way for digital connectivity
Lufthansa Cargo and Air France KLM Cargo have been rated as the best carriers for digital connectivity, according to a new report from online marketplace Freightos.Freightos created a specific methodology to assess the progress made by air (and ocean) cargo carriers on digitalisation, applying 26 parameters across three categories to ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo welcomes new B777 freighter to Frankfurt
Lufthansa Cargo's sixth B777F, credit Matthias Aletsee, Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo has welcomed the latest arrival to its freighter fleet: its sixth Boeing 777F.The brand-new B777F flew into Frankfurt Airport from the Boeing facility at Everett, Washington state, in the USA, today (February 19).It will soon start scheduled operations.Harald Gloy, chief ...
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Lufthansa Cargo's Gloy to lead Frankfurt freight group
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt board have unanimously voted in favour of Harald Gloy as the new Chairman of the Board.Gloy, who is currently Lufthansa Cargo's director of operations, replaces Soeren Stark as he joined the Lufthansa Technik executive board in Hamburg from the cargo division at the beginning of ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to retire two MD-11Fs in 2019
Lufthansa Cargo has confirmed that it will retire two MD-11 freighters in 2019, as part of a long term strategy to modernise its all-cargo aircraft fleet.A spokesperson for the German carrier said that MD-11F disposal will take place "in the second half of 2019," adding: "And we will offer them ...
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Lufthansa Cargo continues to invest in digital with dangerous goods capabilities
Lufthansa Cargo has become the world’s first cargo airline to make an application available for the digital creation of the dangerous goods declarations (DGD).The new DGD.online offering, which is also equipped for the future use of electronic DGD, can be used for shipments sent via air, road and sea.The system ...
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Santa's little helper, a Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 festive freighter
Lufthansa Cargo is running seven exclusive charter flights between Frankfurt and New York to deal with peak season e-commerce demand.The German flag carrier has once again expanded its festive freighter capacity in cooperation with Deutsche Post, operating a weekly MD-11F from mid-November until January 3 on the Frankfurt–JFK route.Said a ...
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Cargo.one raises funds with Lufthansa Cargo one of the investors
Online airfreight booking portal cargo.one has raised $3.2m in funding for the further development of the platform, with Lufthansa Cargo one of the investors.The platform, which allows user to book on the spot market with real-time pricing, launched earlier this year and has expanded rapidly.The funding will be used to ...
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China Post and Lufthansa Cargo in strategic cooperation
Lufthansa Cargo and China Post Group Corp have inked a strategic cooperation that has the cargo capacity scope of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter on the Shanghai (PVG) – Frankfurt (FRA) route.Li Xiong, vice president of the official postal service of the People’s Republic of China, and Peter Gerber, chief ...
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Gloy takes on operations role at Lufthansa Cargo
Harald Gloy will be appointed to the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo with responsibility for operations on January 1.Gloy will be responsible for handling in Frankfurt, Munich and the Lufthansa Cargo Service Center, as well as the areas of Global Handling Management, Flight Operations & Transport Management and Security.The 46-year-old ...
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Lufthansa Cargo performance bolsters Group Q3 results
Strong demand and continuing high yields at Lufthansa Cargo resulted in the Group’s Logistics business segment raising its nine-month adjusted EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) 56.1% to €153 m.However, despite the strong performance in both cargo and the core airlines of the Group (Lufthansa, SWISS and Austrian Airlines), significant ...
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Lufthansa Cargo processes the world's first electronic dangerous goods declaration
Lufthansa Cargo has handled the world’s first electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration (eDGD) shipment using Dakosy’s INFr8 shipping portal.A shipment from healthcare company Abbott based in Wiesbaden was flown on board cargo flight LH8222 from Frankfurt to Mexico City last Thursday.Lufthansa said that the dangerous goods process has traditionally been paper-based ...
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Czaszar leads Lufthansa Cargo in Brussels with François departing
Brussels Airlines vice president cargo Alban François has left the airline to take up a position at fruit supplier Green Yard.François’ move comes shortly after the Lufthansa Cargo took over the marketing of Brussels Airline’s cargo capacity.However, it is understood that he changed roles of his own accord and the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo expands Africa presence with start of Brussels Airlines deal
Lufthansa Cargo has started selling Brussels Airlines’ belly capacity, expanding its presence in Africa.The first Brussels aircraft carrying cargo sold by Lufthansa will takeoff on September 1, but can be pre-booked 30 days in advance.The deal means Lufthansa Cargo's route network will be supplemented by a further 15 destinations - ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo sees revenues and profits rise in Q2
Higher pricing in the airfreight market helped propel profits at Lufthansa’s cargo business during the second quarter of the year.The German airline’s logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo as well as Jettainer, time:matters and its equity investment in AeroLogic, saw total second-quarter revenues increase by 12.1% year on year to ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to sell space on another digital platform
Frankfurt-based Lufthansa Cargo has signed up to sell its capacity on a second digital portal days after announcing a similar deal.The cargo carrier announced today that customers will now be able to look up contracted rates, assess capacity, and book cargo on specific flights in real-time using the Freightos digital ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to offer spot market capacity on digital platform
Lufthansa Cargo will begin offering spot market capacity through online platform cargo.one as it pushes its digital offering to forwarders.The German cargo carrier has signed a co-operation contract with cargo.one allow customers to book available capacity for its express service td.Flash and its standard service td.Pro "completely digitally and in ...
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Lufthansa Cargo confirms new B777Fs to initially expand capacity
Lufthansa Group’s decision-making bodies have approved Lufthansa Cargo’s operation of two new Boeing 777Fs ordered in May, which will initially be used to increase capacity.Although it had largely been assumed when the aircraft were ordered that the aircraft would be operated by Lufthansa Cargo - the press release even included ...
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Lufthansa Cargo introduces twice weekly B777Fs to Chengdu
Lufthansa Cargo has confirmed its latest capacity increase into the Chinese cargo market by adding twice weekly B777 freighter services to the city of Chengdu.Chengdu in western China has joined Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong as Lufthansa Cargo freighter connections to the country.Speaking at Air Cargo China in Shanghai, ...