All Lufthansa Cargo Articles – Page 7
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NewsLufthansa Cargo targets seafood volumes with Norway freighter
Credit: Lufthansa Cargo AGLufthansa Cargo has added a new A321 freighter service between Evenes Airport in Norway and Frankfurt as it looks to target the country's seafood market.The Germany-based carrier said the weekly service would help cut delivery times of seafood in northern Norway in some cases from six days ...
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NewsAeroLogic management appointments
Image source: Lufthansa Cargo; Katharina Prost.Katharina Prost has been appointed managing director finance and administration at AeroLogic, the joint venture between DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo.Joe Moser has also been confirmed as active managing director operations and accountable manager at AeroLogic.Prost previously served as managing director at Aeromar, a joint ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo announces structural changes
André Schulz, Stephanie Abeler, Oliver von Götz, Marcel Kling. Source: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo will reduce its sales regions from seven to five areas as part of efforts to simplify its process structures.The changes will see the sales regions of North and South America merged into a single America region, while ...
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IBS celebrates 10-year collaboration with Lufthansa Cargo
This month marks 10 years of Lufthansa Cargo’s switch to software-as-a-specialist (SaaS) IBS Software’s iCargo freight management product.The partnership began when Lufthansa Cargo made the decision to replace its core IT platform – a mainframe system called Mosaik – in 2012.Moving away from Mosaik was considered a project of immense ...
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Lufthansa Cargo enjoys record third quarter results
Lufthansa Group said Lufthansa Cargo recorded record results in the third quarter of this year as it issued a more positive outlook for the remainder of the year than it had previously predicted.The Frankfurt-based Group made an operating profit of €1.1bn in the third quarter of this year, based largely ...
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Lufthansa sticks with Swissport for cargo handling in Iberia
Lufthansa and SWISS have extended their agreement with Swissport for cargo handling at five airports on the Iberian Peninsula: Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga and Valencia.Swissport will handle the airline group's air cargo for approximately 19 flights and two road feeder services per day, connecting Lufthansa's Frankfurt and Munich hubs in ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo and Kintetsu in SAF agreement
Source: Lufthansa CargoJapanese forwarder Kintetsu World Express will reduce around five percent of its total CO2 footprint of transported airfreight with Lufthansa Cargo for one year.Kintetsu has committed to using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from October 2022 to September 2023.In addition, the global forwarder has decided to offset the so-called ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo prepares to add capacity to portal CargoAi
Source Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo has launched a pilot project in three countries as it prepares to add its capacity to online booking portal CargoAi.As part of the pilot, marketplace users in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain will have access to routings and capacity information on all Lufthansa Group airlines serving ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo aims to reduce plastic wrap waste
Source: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo is hoping to reduce the amount of plastic it uses by adopting a new film to wrap cargo.The airline said that starting in mid-September, it will become the first cargo airline to use a new type of film that consists of 10% recycled plastic and is ...
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Lufthansa pilot strike averted after agreement reached
A second strike by Lufthansa pilots was averted at the last minute when the airline and union came to an agreement over future pilot pay.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union on Monday announced a second strike would start today and run for 24 hours for passenger pilots and 48 hours for ...
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Lufthansa Cargo pilots set to join tomorrow's strike action
Pilots at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo will take part in a 24-hour strike starting tomorrow as negotiations between unions and the airline over a new pay deal "failed".The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union said that the strike would start on September 2 at 00:01hrs and end at 23:59hrs.A Lufthansa Cargo spokesperson ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo adds second Airbus A321F freighter
A321P2F. Photo: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo will add a second Airbus A321F freighter from October as part of plans to grow its intra-European network and serve the express and e-commerce markets.The carrier launched its short- and medium-haul European freighter network with an A321F in March.The second A321F, which Air Cargo News ...
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Lufthansa Cargo expands network with additional freighters
Lufthansa Cargo is adding new flights to its all-cargo network as it continues to take delivery of freighter aircraft.The Frankfurt-hubbed carrier will add another B777 freighter into service at the end of the month, while a second A321F will begin flying in October.Lufthansa Cargo said delivery of the aircraft will ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo revenues surge despite volume drop
Lufthansa's logistics division saw revenues and operating profits increase again in the second quarter of the year despite a small drop in cargo volume.The division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, time:matters, Jettainer and the company's share of AeroLogic, saw its second-quarter revenues increase by 45% year on year to €1.3bn, while ...
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Lufthansa Cargo now offers Envirotainer’s Releye RAP air cargo container
Lufthansa Cargo is now offering Envirotainer’s Releye RAP temperature-controlled container to firms transporting pharmaceuticals.Envirotainer launched the RAP version of its Releye container in February, and the first commercial shipment using the container was in March.The RAP version of the Releye container is the largest model of the container and can ...
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Lufthansa union promises no more strikes until talks get underway
The union representing Lufthansa's ground workers - including cargo - in Germany has promised there will be no more last-minute strikes at least until pre-planned talks get underway.Lufthansa had to cancel 1,000s of flights this week and cargo operations were also affected after the the ver.di union organised strike action ...
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Lufthansa Cargo ground workers called on to take part in strike
Lufthansa Cargo ground workers are tomorrow set to join strike action being called by Germany's ver.di union.The union has called on the 20,000 Lufthansa ground workers it represents to take part in a strike running from 03:45hrs on Wednesday until 06:00hrs on Thursday over pay.Ver.di is currently negotiating for the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo reports some easing of Frankfurt bottlenecks
Lufthansa Cargo has reported an easing in the bottlenecks experienced at its Frankfurt hub over recent weeks but will continue to divert some freighters to Munich for the rest of July.The airport, which is the busiest cargo hub in Europe, had asked cargo airlines to reduce flying in order to ...
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Lufthansa Cargo updates on decarbonisation initiatives
Lufthansa Cargo's emissions-reduction targets are soon to be validated by the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTI) to bring its commitments in line with United Nations' Paris Climate Agreement.The carrier said that it joined the SBTI in 2021 and validation of those targets is imminent.The Lufthansa Group and Lufthansa Cargo has ...
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Airfreight industry will not suffer any “lasting negative impact” from the pandemic
The air cargo industry will not suffer any “lasting negative impact” from the pandemic, an industry expert has said.Speaking at the Scan Global Logistics Air & Ocean Freight Outlook June 2022, Ashwin Bhat, chief commercial officer at Lufthansa Cargo, said that the company believes: “There won’t be any lasting negative ...