Lufthansa Cargo opens dangerous goods digital portal
Lufthansa Cargo has become the first airline to make an application available for digital creation of transport documents required for dangerous goods. The DGD.online service supports shippers and can be used for shipments sent via air, road and sea. The developers, using input from pilot customers, focused on achieving a user-friendly application with validation and […]
Cargo is flying home for Christmas with Lufthansa Cargo
To cope with the large volume of Christmas mail and parcels between Germany and the USA, Lufthansa Cargo is increasing capacity in cooperation with Deutsche Post. From mid-November until 3 January, an MD-11F is taking off each weak on the Frankfurt – New York/JFK route. The Atlantic will be criss-crossed seven times exclusively for Deutsche […]
Lufthansa Cargo invests in cargo.one
Lufthansa Cargo is stepping up its cooperation with start-up cargo.one by acquiring a minority shareholding in the Berlin company. Cargo.one was founded in 2017 by Moritz Claussen, Oliver Neumann and Mike Rotgers, providing a platform for booking and marketing air cargo capacity. It focuses on offering dynamic spot rates and enabling their booking, making cargo.one […]
WFS to handle cargo for Lufthansa at Schiphol
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) will start handling cargo for Lufthansa Cargo at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on 1 February 2019. The new contract will see WFS handle around 30,000 tonnes per annum, serving the airline’s trucked and flown volumes. WFS already handles over 220,000 tonnes per annum for 70 airline customers at Schiphol, and expects to […]
Lufthansa Cargo signs strategic deal with China Post
Lufthansa Cargo and China Post have signed a strategic cooperation, with the scope for cargo capacity of one Boeing 777 Freighter a week between Shanghai and Frankfurt. The two companies aim for further agreements and have been working together at other major Chinese stations, with a focus on Beijing and Guangzhou. In addition to capacity, […]
Harald Gloy to join Lufthansa Cargo board
Harald Gloy will join Lufthansa Cargo’s executive board with responsibility for operations, taking over from Soeren Stark on 1 January 2019. Gloy is responsible for global component services at Lufthansa Technik and is also the spokesperson for the division board. Stark, who has led operations since April 2016 and will take over as chief operating […]
Leipzig/Halle flies past one million tonnes of freight
Freight volumes have shot past the one million tonne barrier at Leipzig/Halle Airport, growing at four times the average rate for Germany. Between January and October, Leipzig/Halle handled 1,012,448 tonnes of freight, up 9.1 per cent on 2017. October was also a strong month, with 6.3 per cent year-on-year growth to 105,697 tonnes. The growth […]
Higher yields help Lufthansa Cargo profits grow
Lufthansa Cargo is continuing to have a strong year with profits up 43 per cent in the first nine months helped by higher yields. Between January and September, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in Lufthansa’s Logistics sector, which includes Lufthansa Cargo increased 43 per cent to €150 million and was also up 19 per […]
Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt Animal Lounge turns 10
Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt Animal Lounge has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a ceremony with partners and customers at the Opel Zoo. The animal lounge combines all areas including handling, animal coordination and veterinary services under one roof, with 50 employees and qualified animal caretakers working around the clock at the 4,000 m2 facility. During the […]
Lufthansa Cargo handles first electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration
Lufthansa Cargo has handled the first dangerous goods shipment with an electronic Dangerous Goods Declaration (eDGD) at Frankfurt Airport using the INFr8 platform. The German airline made a significant contribution to the establishment of the global eDGD standard as part of IATA’s e-freight initiative. A completely new approach was developed and evaluated through close collaboration […]
Francois leaves Brussels Airlines for fresh challenge at Green Yard
Alban Francois has left Brussels Airlines Cargo after three years with the company to take up the role of project director operations at fruit supplier Green Yard. He left the airline on 1 September, which was also the last day of operation of Brussels Airlines Cargo as Lufthansa Cargo took over the sales of its […]
AeroLogic to receive a brand new Boeing 777 Freighter
AeroLogic will receive a brand new Boeing 777 Freighter in January, which Lufthansa Cargo will lease from Boeing for this purpose. The aircraft is expected to receive the registration D-AALK and will fly from Seattle to Leipzig in January 2019. The fleet of AeroLogic, a joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express, will grow […]
Lufthansa gives BMW the ultimate way to show off its vision
Lufthansa Cargo and BMW are teaming up to show off the car manufacturer’s Vision iNext vehicle to the world. More than 300 international media representatives will board Lufthansa Cargo’s Boeing 777 Freighter to experience the vision vehicle from BMW, which is the company’s vision of future mobility. Teams from Lufthansa Cargo and BMW have worked […]
Lufthansa markets cargo capacity on Brussels Airlines flights
Lufthansa Cargo has started marketing cargo capacity on Brussels Airlines’ flights for services departing from 1 September. The pre-booking period is 30 days, and freight booked in this way will fly with Lufthansa Cargo’s air waybill with the number 020. Brussels Airlines Cargo customers will benefit from access to Lufthansa Cargo’s network while the German […]
Cost savings and rising demand push up Lufthansa Cargo profits 50%
Profits for Lufthansa Cargo have increased by almost 50 per cent in the first half of 2018 helped by substantial cost savings and increased demand for airfreight services. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increased by 48.8 per cent to €125 million, pushing the EBIT margin up 2.9 percentage points to 9.6 per cent for […]
Freightos and Lufthansa Cargo make “quantum leap in cargo booking”
Lufthansa Cargo and Freightos are taking a “quantum leap in cargo booking” with an instant online eBooking system. Through application programming interface (API) services, forwarders will be able to instantly look up contracted rates, assess capacity and book cargo on specific flights in real-time. The companies say that e-commerce drove the nine per cent growth […]
The land of rising air cargo volumes
An improving Japanese economy as well as rising global demand for electronics, automotive parts and even salmon is helping the airfreight market leap forward, writes David Craik. Lufthansa has recorded a 27 per cent increase in capacity to Japan in the last 12 to 18 months both in freighter and belly to destinations including Tokyo […]
Lufthansa board says yes to operating new 777 Freighters
Lufthansa Group’s decision making board has approved the operation of two brand-new Boeing 777 Freighters by Lufthansa Cargo. The aircraft were ordered in May this year, but it was not decided who would manage and operate the aircraft, which are expected to be ferried from the Boeing plant in Seattle to Lufthansa’s base in Frankfurt […]
Quintiq to help Lufthansa Cargo improve production planning
Lufthansa Cargo has selected Quintiq to improve production planning at its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich, with additional stations following in the future. The Quintiq solution is able to generate a production plan seven days in advance, based on forecasted orders and closer to the day of operations the solution will start to fill the […]
Infrastructure requires a major upgrade
Cargo handling provider dnata is also eyeing up expansion at Heathrow. dnata UK Chief Commercial Officer, Mohammed Akhlaq says it is currently looking at setting up an eighth handling facility near Heathrow within the next 24 months. dnata presently has seven facilities at Heathrow including the vast dnata City. The present facilities cover 500,000 square […]
Riege elected to ACCF board
During its general meeting on Thursday, June 7, the committee of the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt (ACCF) elected Riege Software CEO Dr Tobias Riege, as a titular member of its board. Dr Riege, who beat a rival candidate, does not claim this as a victory: “I did not win an election, I have gained trust and credit, […]
Lufthansa Cargo adds Chengdu to freighter network
Lufthansa Cargo has expanded its Chinese freighter network with two flights a week between Frankfurt and Chengdu. The Boeing 777 Freighter services, flight number LH8410 started on 5 May, departing Frankfurt on Mondays and Saturdays, returning from Chengdu every Tuesday and Sunday. Lufthansa Cargo vice president Asia Pacific, Frank Naeve says: “We are very proud […]
Lufthansa Cargo orders two Boeing 777 Freighters
Lufthansa Cargo has ordered two Boeing 777 Freighters, which will join the fleet in 2019 as it replaces older MD-11Fs. The two aircraft are scheduled to take off from Boeing’s plant in Seattle in February and March 2019 and offer 20 per cent lower CO2 emissions than existing MD-11 Freighters, along with lower noise emissions […]
United – Lufthansa cargo joint venture gets off the ground
United Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo have launched their air cargo joint venture with the two airlines jointly managing sales and bookings from 3 May. Starting on selected routed from the USA, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany, the carriers are now jointly managing sales and bookings of standard and express shipments. They will expand the […]
Lufthansa Cargo doubles first quarter profits
Lufthansa Cargo profits have almost doubled in the first quarter of 2018 while the Lufthansa Group managed to reduce losses by 16 per cent. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) for the Logistics business segment, which includes Lufthansa Cargo increased by 97 per cent in the first quarter to €65 million with the adjusted EBIT […]
Hoensbroech to depart Lufthansa Cargo for Austrian Airlines
Lufthansa Cargo is making changes to its executive board with new roles for Alexis von Hoensbroech and Dorothea von Boxberg. Von Hoensbroech, who is chief commercial officer for Lufthansa Cargo is to become the chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer of Austrian Airlines and von Boxberg will be the executive board member […]
Lufthansa Cargo to market Brussels Airlines’ cargo capacity
Lufthansa Cargo has signed an agreement to market cargo capacity of Brussels Airlines from 1 September 2018. Freight customers of Brussels Airlines will benefit from access to Lufthansa Cargo’s route network of 300 destinations in over 100 countries. The route network will by supplemented by destinations in Africa from Brussels, with the Belgian airline operating […]
Lufthansa Cargo moves towards paperless handling for dangerous goods
Lufthansa Cargo has made a major step towards paperless cargo handling by entering the Proof of Concept phase for eDGD, the digital way of managing the IATA Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD). The German airline says it is a major step towards paperless air cargo handling, enabling shippers, forwarders and couriers to manage the transportation of […]
Rising revenue and yields help Lufthansa Cargo become profitable again
After an annual loss of €50 million in 2016, Lufthansa Cargo has become profitable again reporting earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of €242 million in 2017. Revenue rose by 21.1 per cent to €2.5 billion due to increased cargo tonnage and much higher yields particularly in the express business. Sales increased by six per […]
IATA digitalises the dangerous goods supply chain with eDGD
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has taken a significant step forward in digitalising the dangerous goods supply chain following the adoption of the e-Dangerous Goods Declaration (eDGD) standards. The standards are an electronic approach to manage the IATA Dangerous Goods Declaration (DGD), leveraging industry initiatives to digitalise data and embrace data sharing platform principles. […]