Roses are red, violets are blue, air cargo flies flowers for you
The air cargo industry made sure that lovers around the world had the perfect flower for Valentine’s Day, transporting thousands of tonnes of produce in time for the big day. Cargolux Airlines International added close to 1,200 tonnes of extra capacity to meet the peak demand, adding to the 20 weekly flights out of Nairobi, […]
ST Aerospace lands 5 year MD-11 maintenance deal with Lufthansa
ST Aerospace has secured a five year exclusive MD-11 Heavy Maintenance Support contract from Lufthansa Cargo worth 39 million Singapore dollars ($30 million). Under the agreement, ST Aerospace will become the sole service provider supporting the airline’s MD-11 fleet in both light and heavy C-checks starting from 2019. The aerospace arm of ST Engineering has […]
First car shipped by Eurowings bellyhold
A SEAT Arona was shipped from Cologne to southern Africa on behalf of the IQS Group Lufthansa Cargo recently carried out the first commercial transport of a vehicle from Cologne to southern Africa on board an Airbus 330 Eurowings passenger aircraft on behalf of the specialist logistics company IQS Group. In the future, automotive customers […]
Lufthansa Cargo launches two weekly freighter flights to Osaka
Lufthansa Cargo is increasing its presence in the Japanese market by adding two weekly freighter flights to Osaka. The Osaka services complement the existing daily freighter flights to and from Tokyo Narita as well as passenger flights to Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo Haneda and Nagoya. The new route is operated from Frankfurt via Novosibirsk to Osaka on […]
Growth remains on the agenda for Germany
The end of 2017 made welcome reading for the German airfreight sector, discovers David Craik. International Air Transport Association (IATA) figures showed European airlines posted a 10.3 per cent increase in freight demand in September and a 6.4 per cent rise in October. IATA said that one of the key drivers behind the figures – […]
Lufthansa helps Deutsche Post and Santa Claus deliver presents on time
Lufthansa Cargo has ensured Christmas mail and parcels between Germany and the USA arrived on time with six additional freighter flights operated for Deutsche Post. From 13 November, Lufthansa Cargo has operated weekly MD-11 Freighter flights between Frankfurt and New York on Mondays, offering 60 tonnes of capacity, mainly filled with seasonal greetings and gifts. […]
Infrastructure in Turkey inadequate for perishable goods
Infrastructure at Ataturk International Airport is not adequate for the volumes of perishables travelling through Turkey, but the new Istanbul airport should help solve some of these issues. The issues facing perishables were discussed on 16 November during the PeriLog on Air Freight session at Logitrans Istanbul exhibition. Session moderator Hasan Hatipoglu, who is Lufthansa […]
The belly-maindeck divide continues to widen
With the air cargo market’s up-turn now rolling for over a year, memories of the long, cold, dark days of flagging volumes and depressed yields may gradually be receding in the collective memories of the industry, writes Donald Urquhart. But parked freighters remain a visible reminder of the painful volatility and begs the question as […]
Egypt a vital market for Lufthansa Cargo
Egypt and Cairo are important trade lanes in the Lufthansa Cargo network in terms of both freighter and belly traffic. The carrier operates a five times a week MD-11F service from Frankfurt Airport (FRA) to Cairo International Airport. This is complemented by belly services, including a daily Airbus A321 FRA to Cairo route, a three […]
Lufthansa Cargo and Fraport Ground Services extend contract
Lufthansa Cargo and Fraport Ground Services have signed a contract to extend their ground handling partnership at Frankfurt Airport. The agreement has been signed for a term of eight years and runs from January 2018 to December 2025. Freeport member of the executive board and executive director of labour relations, Michael Müller says: “We are very […]
Lufthansa Cargo is Jettainer’s first cool management customer
Unit load device (ULD) company Jettainer has welcomed Lufthansa Cargo as its first custumer for its ‘Cool Management’ service. From now on, the ULD firm is not only managing the temperature-controlled ULDs for its parent company, but also units leased by Lufthansa Cargo. Additionally, Jettainer is also upscaling its services at Abu Dhabi International Airport […]
Lufthansa Cargo and va-Q-tec sign container agreement
Lufthansa Cargo and va-Q-tec are to cooperate in the passive temperature-controlled container market after signing an agreement. As part of the partnership, containers from va-Q-tec are now available worldwide at numerous stations of the German carrier. Customers shipping pharmaceutical goods will benefit from the partnership of Lufthansa Cargo and the advanced container rental service from va-Q-tec. […]
Lufthansa Cargo recovers from the challenges of 2016
Lufthansa Cargo is recovering from the challenges of 2016 with the Logistics business segment posting an EBITDA profit of €167 million ($196 million) between January and September. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) improved by 16,600 per cent from €1 million between January and September 2016, and the third quarter also recovered, growing […]
Lufthansa and pilot union sign collective labour agreement
Lufthansa and the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilot union have signed a collective labour agreement (CLA) covering issues including pensions and payments until at least June 2022. The parties have agreed on a framework collective agreement and a new remuneration agreement as well as agreements on pension and transitional payments. They have reached a long-term collective […]
Lufthansa Cargo to restart MD-11 freighter to Kansai
Lufthansa Cargo is to resume a direct 80-tonne MD-11 Freighter service from Frankfurt Airport to Osaka’s Kansai International Airport from 18 January next year. The German cargo carrier last flew the route in March 2014 and will service Kansai twice a week stopping in Osaka on a Thursday and Saturday. The MD-11 has a capacity of […]
Lufthansa flies aid to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria
Lufthansa Cargo has flown one of its MD-11 Freighter aircraft from Frankfurt Airport to Puerto Rico to deliver 80 tonnes of aid to those affected by Hurricane Maria. The aircraft flew to Aguadilla on the West coast, where a Lufthansa Technical Site is situated with 400 colleagues residing in the local community reside, and is […]
Addressing gaps in pharma logistics the key to growth
There is no disputing the substantial growth of high-yield pharmaceutical traffic, but as more and more players join the bandwagon, are pharma shippers getting all they bargained for? Donald Urquhart writes. With an estimated $12 billion currently being spent on cold chain biopharma logistics, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts this figure will rise […]
Near 10% growth at Billund as it targets more freighters
Billund Airport is looking to add another freighter to its roster and is sure it can attract new carriers after the success of Turkish Cargo, Justin Burns writes. Growth of the twice a week Airbus A330 service by Turkish from Istanbul and express operators UPS, TNT, DHL and Lufthansa Cargo owned time:matters have led to […]
Kohnen completes executive board at time:matters
Alexander Kohnen has been appointed the new managing director for strategy and sales at time:matters from 15 November 2017. The 40-year-old succeeds Franz-Joseph Miller, who left the company of his own accord on 1 July this year. Kohnen has held various management positions at Lufthansa Cargo since October 2000, most recently senior director of industry development and product […]
Reorganising sales puts Lufthansa Cargo in strong position
Reorganising the sales structure has helped put Lufthansa Cargo closer to customers and has put it in a strong position to cater for strong demand, vice president for Germany J. Florian Pfaff (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. Following a tough year in 2016, Pfaff says the peak season was exceptionally good, and the strong demand […]
IBS Software sets up Test Factory with Lufthansa Cargo
IBS Software has set up Test Factory for Lufthansa Cargo to ensure all application software is fit for purpose. Under the agreement, IBS is responsible for managing end-to-end testing of all applications under the core IT platform, enabling a smooth roll out of product upgrades, new services and innovations. The Test Factory uses IBS’ enabling […]
Lufthansa Cargo turns its performance around in 1H2017
The Lufthansa Group says its cargo arm Lufthansa Cargo posted first half year earnings of €78 million – a significant difference to the loss of €45 million in the same period last year, but it says the global airfreight market “remains challenging”. Lufthansa Cargo and its logistics division, which includes time:matters, Jettainer, an equity investment […]
Lufthansa offers reflective film on all passive refrigerated shipments
Lufthansa Cargo is continuing to upgrade its cool chain services by protecting every passive refrigerated shipment with a reflective film without any additional fees. The reflective film produced exclusively for Lufthansa Cargo provides sensitive shipments with optimum protection against unavoidable sunlight on airport tarmacs around the world, even on hot summer days. Lufthansa Cargo board […]
ACE: Data cloud race is on and the dream remains
A standardised logistics data system that can be used across the air cargo supply chain will be hard to develop but is not a pipe dream, the first conference session at air cargo europe heard. Panelists speaking in the age of digital and the connected discussion moderated by Maresch owner, Bernd Maresch, said it would […]
ACE: Digitisation still too slow but change is coming
Digitisation was on everyone’s lips at air cargo europe in Munich from 9-12 May and it was the theme at the first conference session. Lufthansa Cargo executive board member for products and sales, Dr. Alexis von Hoensbroech (pictured above), hailed the positive impact the digital world can have on air cargo. He was the keynote […]
Lufthansa Cargo launches Road Feeder Service Cool
Lufthansa Cargo is developing its cold-chain logistics with “Road Feeder Service Cool” (RFS-Cool), ensuring temperature sensitive cargo is actively and passively cooled or warmed on road links. It says customers can make binding further onward travel reservations within Europe on the new “Road Feeder Service Cool” for sensitive medication that has been flown into Frankfurt […]
VIDEO: Jan Krems and Peter Gerber
AZura Productions spoke at air cargo europe to United Cargo president, Jan Krems and Lufthansa Cargo, chief executive officer Peter Gerber. The two carriers entered into a joint venture agreement earlier this year and they discussed how the air cargo industry must transform itself to meet the challenges of the future. Visit https://www.azuraproductions.com/portfolio-item/united-airlines/ for more information and […]
Extra China flights as Lufthansa Cargo upgrades network
Lufthansa Cargo is to upgrade its network with extra freighter flights to China, and use belly-hold capacity on passenger aircraft. Cargo operations to China will be increased with nine Boeing 777 Freighter flights a week to Shanghai, up from seven, and it will exclusively use 777Fs instead of mixing it up with Boeing MD-11 Freighters, […]
ACE: Lufthansa Cargo and Jettainer renew ULD contract
Jettainer will continue to handle the management and maintenance of the unit load devices (ULDs) for Lufthansa Cargo in the future after it extended the contract it has until 31 December 2021. The fresh contract was signed at air cargo europe in Munich today. Jettainer says the introduction of new lightweight containers to the Lufthansa Cargo […]
ACE: Lufthansa Cargo offers real time tracking with liveSensor
Lufthansa Cargo is now allowing customers to track shipment over the course of their entire route in real time with its ‘liveSensor’ tracking service. The optional service, not only determines the location but also whether transport conditions have been complied with. It also detects factors including temperature, humidity and pressure, can record data such as […]