With its own long-haul freighter fleet of 18 B777Fs, Lufthansa Cargo continues to focus on flexible and reliable transport solutions for its customers, which can also be steered according to shifting demand flows or global developments on short notice.
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The importance of the Asian economic area is reflected in up to 48 weekly connections to 17destinations. The transpacific route from Ho Chi Minh City via Shanghai to Los Angeles will be increased by one more frequency to two rotations per week. Lufthansa Cargo is currently the only carrier that can offer its customers main deck capacity on the route from Vietnam to China. Starting in May, Delhi will be reintroduced into the freighter network with one weekly connection in order to better serve the important Indian market with 6 connections per week.
The American market will be connected to Frankfurt with 33 connections per week and 11 destinations in North America and 4 destinations in South America. This will also include an increase by one additional frequency to Toronto (YYZ).
The four short- and medium-haul A321F freighters have also been serving Rome (FCO) and Algiers (ALG) once a week since February. This results in 33 connections within Europe and to Africa in the summer flight schedule, enabling fast transport connections via the hubs in Frankfurt and Munich.
In the near future, Lufthansa Cargo will offer its customers flexible and reliable transport options via 6 hubs within Europe: Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Brussels, Rome, and soon Zurich. This is made possible by the enhanced cooperation with SWISS WorldCargo.
Lufthansa Cargo customers also benefit from the dense European network through the belly capacity offered within Lufthansa Group. With the new summer flight schedule, Lufthansa City Airlines has now been added to the belly portfolio.
Furthermore, several long-haul connections operated by Lufthansa Airlines from Frankfurt will be expanded in the summer: these include 5 weekly flights to St. Louis and Cape Town, 6 weekly flights to Rio de Janeiro and Raleigh/Durham, and daily flights to Nairobi. Washington will even be served by two connections per day, and Minneapolis is once again served three times a week.
Munich will continue to be connected to São Paulo and Johannesburg with three flights per week. ITA Airways is returning with two daily connections to London Heathrow, connecting the UK with the newest hub in Rome. From June, Brussels Airlines will add two flights per week to Kilimanjaro International Airport and increase its connections to Freetown to six per week.
Discover Airlines is also strengthening its long-haul offering, launching year-round service to the Seychelles and increasing flights to Las Vegas to five per week. Austrian Airlines is also increasing its connections to the US with the resumption of daily flights to Los Angeles and a daily connection to Tokyo-Narita. Meanwhile, SunExpress is expanding its presence in the German and British markets with further frequency increases.
In addition to its own freighter services, Lufthansa Cargo also markets the belly capacity of up to 7,500 weekly flights to over 350 destinations operated by Lufthansa, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines, ITA Airways, Lufthansa City Airlines, and SunExpress.