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 […]
Freight services weather latest Lufthansa strikes
Lufthansa Cargo says all freighter flights operated normally despite a pilots’ strike on Tuesday 8 September and Wednesday 9 September which severely curtailed passenger flights and affected some bellyhold capacity. The pilots are striking over retirement benefits, pay and Lufthansa’s plans to expand low-cost operations. The striking pilots, represented by the union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), […]