All Lufthansa Cargo Articles – Page 16
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ST Aerospace wins exclusive Lufthansa Cargo contract
Singapore-based ST Aerospace (the aerospace arm of ST Engineering) has won an exclusive five-year, US$30m heavy maintenance support contract with Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo.Starting in 2019, the MRO provider will support Lufthansa Cargo’s MD-11 aircraft in both light and heavy C checks.It has done so for heavy C checks already since ...
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WAITING FOR EXTRA INFO: Lufthansa Cargo transports car in Eurowings belly
Lufthansa Cargo has carried out the first commercial transport of a vehicle on an Airbus A330 passenger aircraft.The transport of a SEAT Arona from Cologne to xxxx was carried out on behalf of logistics firm IQS Group on an A330 flown by Lufthansa Cargo sister company Eurowings.In order to transport ...
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Lufthansa Cargo expands Japan freighter operation
Lufthansa Cargo has increased its freighter services to Japan by adding two weekly freighters to Osaka.The MD-11 flights come in addition to existing daily freighter flights from and to Tokyo-Narita as well as the Lufthansa passenger flights to Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda, and Nagoya.The new route is operated from Frankfurt via Novosibirsk ...
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Lufthansa Cargo invests in online marketplace
Lufthansa Cargo is one of a number of companies that has invested in start-up logistics marketplace Fleet Logistics Inc (Fleet).Lufthansa did not disclose how much it had invested in the company, but in total Fleet raised $10m in the latest round of fund raising.Other companies to invest in Portland-based Fleet ...
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Lufthansa cargo capacity up by 3.3% in 2017
Lufthansa saw total group airlines cargo capacity (available cargo tonne-km) 3.3% higher in 2017 than in the previous year.Group cargo sales (revenue cargo tonne-km) in the January to December period increased by 7.4%, resulting in a load factor 2.7 higher percentage points than in 2016, reaching 69.3% for 2017.A full-year ...
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Lufthansa Cargo adds transatlantic charter flights to cover e-commerce demand
Lufthansa Cargo will carry out six charter flights between Frankfurt and New York on behalf of Deutsche Post as the postal operator looks to meet e-commerce demand.The Frankfurt-hubbed airline began the MD-11 flights in mid-November and they will continue until shortly before Christmas Eve, flying each Monday.Lufthansa Cargo chief product ...
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Lufthansa Cargo signs up for eight more years with Fraport
Lufthansa Cargo and Fraport Ground Services have signed a contract to extend their ground handling deal at Frankfurt Airport.The agreement has a term of eight years and runs from January 2018 to December 2025 and covers aircraft ground handling, particularly the loading and unloading of all freighter aircraft belonging to ...
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Lufthansa Cargo: load factor increase in September
German flag-carrier Lufthansa recorded an improvement of 2.7 percentage points in its cargo load factor during September, compared to the same month of last year. Freight capacity was up 1.9% while revenue tonne-km (RTK) increased by 6% over September 2016.Looking at the year to date, with capacity up 2.7% and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo sets up 'test factory' with IBS Software
IBS Software has set up a 'Test Factory' for Lufthansa Cargo to ensure that all its application software is fit for purpose and meet the highest quality standards.IBS said that Lufthansa Cargo will benefit from the IT solution provider's air cargo domain knowledge and "vast experience of building, testing and ...
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NewsCathay swings to H1 loss despite improving cargo business
Cathay Pacific recorded a loss in the first half of the year, despite the positive performance of its cargo business (see tables at end of article).The Hong Kong-headquartered airline recorded a loss attributable to shareholders of HK$2bn during the first half, compared with a profit of HK$353m last year. Revenues ...
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Lufthansa Cargo stays in the black as revenues and volumes soar
Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics division recorded improved revenues and operating profits in the second quarter of the year, helped by strong demand growth in its Asia Pacific business.The German airline’s logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, Jettainer, time:matters and an equity investment in AeroLogic, saw second-quarter revenues increase by 18.8% ...
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Lufthansa Cargo wants to remain in airfreight's Champions League
Lufthansa Cargo wants to remain in airfreight’s “Champions League”, using a first team line-up of Productivity, Products, Partnership, Digitisation, ANA and Cathay Pacific, with Swiss and United on the bench.The German carrier’s logistics division made a combined €50m loss in 2016, as its cargo airline business pushed ahead with a ...
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Lufthansa Cargo adds protective film as standard on cool services
Lufthansa Cargo has announced that all cargo transported in the passive refrigeration sector will now be protected against temperature changes through the use of a protective film.The German airline said the innovative reflective film, which was produced exclusively for the carrier, provides sensitive shipments with optimum protection against the unavoidable ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to go nine times a week to Shanghai
Increased frequencies to Shanghai and Guangzhou are among the recent timetable changes announced by Lufthansa Cargo.The Shanghai service goes up from seven to nine times a week from September and the route will exclusively be operated by Boeing 777F cargo aircraft with capacity of around 103 tonnes. Some services were ...
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NewsLufthansa's cargo segment leads the way as it gets back in the black
Lufthansa’s cargo and logistics business returned to the black at an operating profit level in the first quarter as it led the company to its best performance for the period since 2008.The airline group’s logistics division, which includes Cargo, time:matters and other cargo related shareholdings, saw revenues increase by 18.5% ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and United finally firm up transatlantic partnership
Lufthansa Cargo and United Airlines have come to an agreement on their transatlantic partnership first announced in 2015.The two carriers today announced that they had signed a deal on a new partnership covering services between the US and Europe.They said the partnership would offer customers a comprehensive combined network, co-ordinated ...
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Cathay extends Lufthansa cooperation
Cathay Pacific has signed a wide-ranging codeshare agreement with the Lufthansa Group. It covers flights operated by Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines to destinations in continental Europe and for four of the Asian airline’s destinations in the Southwest Pacific.Under the agreement, Cathay Pacific will offer 14 new destinations in Germany, ...
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Cargo waiting in the wings as Lufthansa and Etihad partnership focuses on catering and MRO
Lufthansa and UAE national carrier Etihad have signed a non-equity partnership with an initial focus on in-flight catering and aircraft maintenance, although cargo is not on the menu at this stage.Etihad Aviation Group president and chief executive officer James Hogan, and Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa Group chairman and chief executive, signed ...
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Cathay moves into Lufthansa's Frankfurt cargo terminal
Cathay Pacific Cargo is relocating its local cargo handling activities in Frankfurt to the Lufthansa Cargo terminal as part of the co-operation agreement between two airlines that both have sizeable passenger and pure freighter fleets.The Frankfurt move follows a reciprocal arrangement which saw Lufthansa Cargo move its Hong Kong freight ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to divide regions as part of management cull
Lufthansa Cargo has revealed more details on how it will divide up its regions in order to offload a layer of management in line with its cost cutting programme.The German airfreight giant will now operate with eight regions instead of the previous four to allow it to remove a management ...