Jettainer adds Leipzig to its ULD network
Leipzig/Halle Airport and Jettainer have added the hub to its JettLease network, so the Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary’s unit load devices will be available from Germany’s second largest airport. The agreement was signed at the Air Cargo China tradeshow in Shanghai on 15 June, and adds to the JettLease hubs of Frankfurt, Chicago and Hong Kong. […]
Lufthansa Cargo to open Paderborn-Lippstadt station
Lufthansa Cargo will open a station at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport on 15 June, which will truck goods to Frankfurt Airport under an LH flight number. It will initially handle consignments of standard freight, express and hazardous materials, which will be handled, sealed and transported to Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt hub. The Paderborn station will be open from […]
Alpine country standing tall in tough market conditions
The Austrian market is a challenge, but despite the difficult conditions there was an increase in overall air cargo tonnage of more than four per cent in 2015. Austrian Airlines, which is part of Lufthansa Cargo, has seen good growth, driven by its expanding network and fleet upgrades. Lufthansa Cargo regional director for Austria, East […]
Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo enter joint business agreement
Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo have entered into a joint business agreement, which they say brings numerous benefits to customers from joint network between Hong Kong and Europe. Both carriers explain it means more direct connections, greater flexibility and time savings combined with service enhancements, which are just some of the benefits customers will enjoy thanks […]
Lufthansa makes Q1 loss, Cargo struggles
Lufthansa has seen net income in the first quarter become a loss of eight million euros ($9.2 million) while Lufthansa Cargo has struggled. For the airline group, revenue was down 0.8 per cent to 6.9 billion euros and the loss of eight million euros compares to a profit of 425 million euros in 2015. The […]
Lufthansa Cargo drives on with digital innovation
Lufthansa Cargo is going to closely collaborate with promising technology start-ups as it looks to move forward with its digital innovation plans. The carrier’s logistic division is the first freight airline globally to participate in the new ‘Logistics Tech Accelerator’ program in co-operation with US-American company RocketSpace. The company has been helping tech start-ups and […]
Lufthansa warns of disruption during ver.di trade union strike
Lufthansa Cargo has warned of delays and disruption due to strikes by the ver.di trade union at Frankfurt, Munich, Dusseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Dortmund and Hanover airports today (27 April). The airline warns that striking union members in the ground handling, passenger checks and fire services will result in flight cancellations, primarily at Frankfurt and Munich. Lufthansa […]
Frankfurt aiming to be Europe’s largest IATA CEIV certified hub
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt is aiming to make Frankfurt Airport the largest International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certified hub in Europe. The community are aiming to make Frankfurt the largest certified pharmaceutical gateway in Europe by early 2017. At present, Perishable Center Betriebs and Bollore Logistics Germany […]
Seattle welcomes weekly AeroLogic freighter service
Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport has welcomed a new air cargo carrier in the shape of AeroLogic – a joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express. The weekly freighter service begins started on Friday, and connects Puget Sound with Frankfurt. The aircraft is a Boeing 777 Freighter operated by AeroLogic, and its fleet is composed of […]
Alpa tells logistics students they must learn English to get ahead
Logistics can be a stressful job but enjoyable for those who are prepared to put in the work, and English language skills are essential, Pegasus Cargo vice president, Aydin Alpa told students at Istanbul University’s Transportation and Logistics Faculty. Speaking at the International Transport and Logistics Conference on 24 March, which Pegasus was hosting in […]
Lufthansa Cargo sees decline in volumes and earnings in 2015
Lufthansa Cargo saw a 2.3 per cent decline in the amount of cargo it carried in 2015 and EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) fell a massive 97.6 per cent, it has revealed at its annual results in Berlin today. The German airline handled 1.63 million tonnes last year, down on the 1.66 million in […]
Lufthansa Group profits up in 2015, but cargo weak
The Lufthansa Group increased profit significantly in 2015 and generated revenues of 32.1 billion euros – a 6.8 per cent rise. The Adjusted EBIT, the leading indicator of economic success, increased by 55 per cent to 1.8 billion euros and the result sits within the forecast range defined last October, and includes the 100 million euros […]
Lufthansa Cargo expands freighter network
Lufthansa Cargo is adding countless new routes to its freighter network by adding destinations and upping frequencies when the summer schedule begins on 27 March. A weekly freighter service to Moscow is one new addition to the schedule. An MD-11F has already been flying every Monday since March from Frankfurt to Domodedovo Airport, before connecting the Russian capital […]
Eurowings to offer bellyhold capacity
Lufthansa Cargo is to sell the bellyhold capacity of Eurowings’ long-haul flights from 27 March. Low-cost carrier Eurowings, which currently flies to more than 130 destinations across Europe from seven German gateways, as well as to locations further afield from Cologne-Bonn International Airport. Eurowings will offer long-haul capacity to destinations such as Bangkok and Phuket in […]
Air Cargo India: Lufthansa Cargo eyeing Indian network development
Lufthansa Cargo is eyeing up adding a new freighter frequency into Delhi to reap the rewards of the growing market by adding to the once a week service it now operates. Speaking at a media briefing at Air Cargo India in Mumbai yesterday, the German carrier’s board member for product and sales Alexis von Hoensbroech, […]
Air Cargo India: improvements needed to unlock potential of India
India needs to improve three areas if it wants to unlock the potential and opportunities that exist in its expanding air cargo market. Speaking at Air Cargo India in the session ‘India, a global air cargo force – potential and pitfalls’, Lufthansa Cargo’s executive board member, Alexis von Hoensbroech who was a panelist, says: “We […]
Lufthansa sends roses for Valentine’s Day
Lufthansa Cargo will be transporting over 1,500 tonnes of flowers for lovers for Valentine’s Day, enough to fill 16 Boeing MD-11 Freighters. The German airline has added special charter flights from Ecuador’s capital, Quito, and the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, to Lufthansa’s main hub, Frankfurt. It used its Fresh/td product to keep the perishable flowers […]
15 carriers to make the switch to eAWBs, Descartes says
Fifteen airlines are to switch to the electronic air waybill (eAWB) from 1 March this year as the preferred method for shipping airfreight, but there remains barriers to adoption notably from forwarders, according to Descartes. Air Canada, Air France-KLM, American Airlines, British Airways/Iberia (IAG), Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Lufthansa Cargo, Qatar […]
Lufthansa Cargo sees volumes fall in 2015
Lufthansa Cargo carried 1.6 million tonnes of freight in 2015, which was a slight year-on-year decline in volumes on 2014, but it says customer satisfaction levels remain high. The carrier says the total volume declined slightly in a “challenging market environment” and the company had carried around two per cent more freight the previous year. […]
Competition high but pharma and automotives strong
Lufthansa Cargo is seeing strong performance out of Germany in pharmaceuticals and automotives, but continues to battle competition from additional bellyhold capacity from Middle Eastern and Turkish carriers. The carrier’s vice president for area management in Germany, Florian Pfaff tells Air Cargo Week business has been driven by pharma and car business, while specialist product […]
Stark to succeed Rupprecht as Lufthansa Cargo operations board member
Soren Stark is to become the Lufthansa Cargo executive board member for operations from 1 April 2016, taking over from Dr Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht, who is retiring. Stark, who is senior vice president aircraft base maintenance, will be responsible for handling in Frankfurt, Munich and the Lufthansa Cargo Service Center, as well as global handling management, […]
‘Contradictory’ price fixing cartel fine overturned
Fines of 790 million euros ($868 million) imposed by the European Commission against airlines for fixing fuel and security surcharges has been overturned, as the decision was ‘contradictory’. In 2010, the commission had fined Air Canada, Air France, British Airways, Cargolux, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, LATAM Airlines Group, Martinair, Qantas, SAS Cargo and Singapore Airlines […]
Lufthansa Cargo launches new App
Lufthansa Cargo has launched a new App, Lufthansa Cargo eServices, which allows customers to track shipments as well as the chance to give direct feedback. The App is for use on mobile phones and tablets, and it includes innovative image uploading and users can constantly receive updated information on their shipments, on request via a push […]
United Lufthansa cooperation planned
Lufthansa and United Airlines plan to enhance their cooperation to include cargo operations on routes between the US and Europe. The airlines are discussing the cooperation to create a more efficient and comprehensive transatlantic network with more choice for cargo customers. They are discussing possible elements of cooperation including information technology services and facilities. The cooperation […]
Istanbul needs third airport to continue Turkey’s strong growth
Turkey is an ever growing market with a lot of potential, but Istanbul needs its third airport, to be open in 2017, was the consensus at the Logitrans Istanbul trade show. At the trade show, held between 18 and 20 November at the Istanbul Expo Center, opposite Ataturk International Airport, representatives from Global Airlift Solution, […]
Lufthansa and ANA expand partnership in Japan
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo have expanded their joint network in Japan by adding services – just as the carriers celebrate one year since their partnership kicked-off. As of today, 1 December they have started servicing industrial metropolis Fukuoka, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. This Japan to Europe service will […]
Lufthansa signs agreement over ground personnel pay
Lufthansa has signed an agreement with services union ver.di on pay for about 30,000 ground personnel. Lufthansa has agreed a pay increase for its ground personnel and for staff at Lufthansa-Systems, Lufthansa-Service, Lufthansa Technik and Lufthansa Cargo of 2.2 per cent on 1 January, 2016. There will be a one-off payment of €2,250 euros ($2,380) […]
Lufthansa Cargo freighter livery designed in support of aid organisation
A Lufthansa Cargo freighter is from now on flying around the world with the footprints of 24 children on its fuselage. The carrier has turned the MD-11F registered “D-ALCH” into a flying ambassador for the aid organisation Cargo Human Care. The colourful design was presented today at Nairobi International Airport. It symbolises the motto “Step by […]
Lufthansa profits increase but Cargo makes a loss
Lufthansa Group has seen profit increase by 262.7 per cent to 1.7 billion euros ($1.9 billion) helped by selling its stake in JetBlue, the Cargo division making a loss in the third quarter. The Group says 500 million euros of the 1.7 billion euros profit came from selling its equity stake in JetBlue in the […]
Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777F becomes a film star
Lufthansa Cargo’s Boeing 777 Freighter, registration code D-ALFE, has starred in a film directed by Thomas Aigner, following its manufacture, being sold and first flight to Frankfurt Airport. The aircraft, which Lufthansa took delivery of in February 2015, was followed for three months by Aigner’s film team, and is now a star of a DVD […]