All Lufthansa Cargo Articles – Page 13
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A tough end to the year for cargo at Europe's major airlines
The end of year traffic figures from European airlines sum up what a tough year 2019 was for the air cargo business.Figures just released by Lufthansa show that cargo carried by its various airline businesses in 2019 was down by 2.1% year on year to 10.7bn revenue cargo tonne kms ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo to open new Sweden HQ at Arlanda
Office One, photo Tim MeierLufthansa Cargo, the airfreight operation of the German flag-carrier, is to move its administrative base in Sweden to a new complex at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.Lufthansa Cargo has signed a four-year lease for some 260 sq m of office space in the new building, which is called ...
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Lufthansa Cargo launches dynamic pricing
Lufthansa Cargo has added dynamic pricing and real-time booking to its online portal.The airline said the new development, which uses its Rapid Rate Response system, will help expedite and simplify the booking process for customers.Starting in December 2019, the system will generate spot price offers for all customers based in ...
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NewsANA and Lufthansa promise further cargo integration
Lufthansa Cargo and ANA Cargo have taken the opportunity of the fifth anniversary of their air cargo joint venture to promise the integration of further products in the future.Currently the cooperation covers standard and express shipments, as well as perishables on the carriers’ routes between Europe and Japan.The joint venture ...
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Lufthansa hit with $6.4m fine from US FAA
Lufthansa has been issued a $6,428,000 penalty fine by the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for "allegedly conducting almost 900 flights that were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations".In a statement, the FAA explained: "The FAA alleges Lufthansa operated the flights into and out of San ...
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Smart move by Lufthansa Cargo
A new smartBooking feature provides Lufthansa Cargo customers and partners with a binding offer that can be booked online immediately. It contains the available routes, capacities and prices, and automatically executes all relevant checks.The application programming interface (API) will be available to direct customers and will also be used by ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo reports another loss as market conditions take their toll
Lufthansa's logistics division reported its second loss in a row during the third quarter of the year as market conditions continued to take their toll.The logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, time:matters, Jettainer and its share of AeroLogic, saw third-quarter revenues decline by 9.2% year on year to €598m, while ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo orders more B777Fs ahead of MD-11F retirement
Lufthansa Cargo has ordered a further two Boeing 777Fs as it speeds up the retirement of its MD-11Fs.The freighter operator said the order is part of its fleet modernisation programme that will see it retire its remaining 10 MD-11Fs by the end of 2020. Initially, the carrier had been expecting ...
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Lufthansa prepares for two days of cabin crew strikes
The Independent Flight Attendants Organization (UFO) has announced that its Lufthansa members are participating in full-day strikes this week (November 7-8) .Although passenger flights will be affected, thereby disrupting bellyhold operations, Lufthansa Cargo freighters will fly as planned, subsidiary time:matters said in a statement.On Thursday, 7 November, 2,300 of the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo re-launches MIA freighter service
For the first time in more than 25 years, Lufthansa Cargo will be flying a freighter service to Miami International Airport (MIA).The freighter service will fly weekly from Frankfurt to Miami, utilising B777 aircraft.MIA said Germany is a "highly-valued European trade partner"; last year, imports and exports between the two ...
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Lufthansa Cargo blacklisting move highlights the challenge of DG shipments
OPINION: Lufthansa Cargo temporarily blacklisted a manufacturer and two forwarders following an incident at Hong Kong International Airport.The shipper is a Chinese vape manufacturer, which suggests that the incident was related to the Lithium-ion batteries used in vapes.Lufthansa has not released any details of the issue and stated that it ...
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Lufthansa reaches air cargo anti-trust settlement with Deutsche Bahn
German logistics and European rail group Deutsche Bahn has reached an undisclosed settlement with Lufthansa concerning an alleged airline cargo cartel that operated from late 1999 to early 2006.The settlement ends the companies' dispute before the Regional Court of Cologne that has been ongoing since 2013."After intense negotiations with Lufthansa, ...
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German cargo market drops by more than 20% in June
Airlines and freight forwarders experienced some big declines in German export volumes in June, writes Oliver Link from Air Cargo News sister title DVZ.According to the latest Iata Cargo Account Settlement System (Cass) data, the total volume of freight exported from Germany dropped by 24.6% on a weight basis compared ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo profits decline in first half of 2019
Lufthansa Cargo's profits declined in the first half of this year, a report from the company reveals.First-half year adjusted earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for Lufthansa's Cargo logistics segment declined to EUR15 million (prior-year period: EUR127 million), as a result of falling demand on routes between Europe and Asia. ...
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Lufthansa Cargo chills out with CSafe RAP
Lufthansa Cargo is the latest airline to qualify and approve the CSafe RAP temperature-controlled container for pharma shipments.The German carrier has approved the CSafe Global’s specialist ULD for use on the group’s network of airlines, serving over 300 destinations worldwide.Thorsten Braun, Lufthansa Cargo’s senior director of industry development and product ...
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CargoLogic Germany gains NCC approval as it taxis for takeoff
New Leipzig-based airline CargoLogic Germany has announced that it recently gained non-commercial (NCC) operations approval from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.The airline said the NCC approval means it can begin “route proving flights” this week.Meanwhile, managing director Ulrich Ogiermann has told Air Cargo News sister title DVZ that he ...
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WFS scoops Lufthansa Cargo supplier award
Lufthansa Cargo has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) with its ‘Best Cooperation Global’ supplier prize in recognition of the partnership between the two companies.The award was presented to WFS’ CEO Craig Smyth at Lufthansa Cargo’s second annual Supplier Awards in Munich, which gathered service providers from all over the world.As ...
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NewsAchim Martinka named as VP Germany by Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Achim Martinka as vice president Germany.Martinka succeeds J Florian Pfaff, who took over as vice president Asia Pacific for the freight carrier on June 1.Martinka will take over his duties in the coming weeks.Martinka began his career at Lufthansa Cargo in 2000 as its senior manager ...
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Lufthansa Cargo cuts summer services
Lufthansa Cargo is reducing its services “across the entire flight programme” in response to weaker demand in the global air cargo market. The cuts will affect the second and third quarters to “allow the company to ensure profitable load factors and continued deployment of its aircraft at optimum levels going ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo holds naming ceremony for B777F
Lufthansa Cargo B777F at Narita Airport May 2019Lufthansa Cargo has held the naming ceremony for one of its new B777Fs, giving the aircraft the name Konnichiwa Japan.The aircraft arrived in February and is one of two that the airline has taken delivery of this year, the other being delivered in ...