Lufthansa Cargo will be using electric cars in its fleet of company cars in the future. The total of 30 vehicles used for business trips at the Frankfurt hub are to be gradually replaced with new electric vehicles. After almost 1000 test kilometres driven by 71 test drivers, the team has decided on two vehicle types.
The first three new vehicles have already arrived and have been in use since the beginning of February 2025. At the same time, the complete charging infrastructure at the Lufthansa Cargo Center was implemented with a total of six charging points in two buildings.
Lufthansa Cargo is pursuing a clear sustainability strategy and, together with the Lufthansa Group, has set itself ambitious climate protection targets. Through reduction and compensation measures, the company aims to achieve a neutral CO2 balance by 2050. By 2030, net CO2 emissions are to be halved compared to 2019.
Also, in order to make the booking process on the Lufthansa Cargo website easier and more efficient in the future, the company has introduced FastTrack: in a new pilot environment within the booking page, freight customers can currently test a significantly shortened booking process and simultaneously make real bookings. With limited functions and a reduced product selection, the streamlined design and booking process can be completed with just a few clicks. This results in a time saving of around 30 per cent.
The new booking process also offers other innovative features: customers can request routings from different origins and destinations at the same time, save booking templates as favourites, choose from different views, and select and configure alpha and beta variants for various functions. The booking page, which is currently being tested, was developed in close collaboration with the carrier’s customers and service teams, and their feedback is being implemented quickly.
“We are pleased to be able to implement our customers’ feedback promptly with FastTrack and to be able to further improve our services in close collaboration with them. The response so far shows us that we, as a company, are on the right track when it comes to digital offerings and that it is important to constantly critically review and optimize our existing services,” explains Marcel Kling, Head of Digital Sales at Lufthansa Cargo.
