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Lufthansa Cargo AG
Frankfurt Airport, Gate 25, Bldg. 451
D-60546 Frankfurt, Germany
Tel. +49-69-696-91-123
Fax +49-69-696-91-185

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.lufthansa-cargo.com

A unit of German airline Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo is one of the world's leading air cargo carriers. The company maintains a fleet of some 20 freighters; in addition, it manages the cargo capacity of its parent's passenger aircraft and those of other airlines. It operates from a hub in Frankfurt and from major bases in Cologne and Munich, Germany; New York; and Shanghai. Overall, Lufthansa Cargo serves about 500 destinations worldwide, many via its partners in the WOW alliance, which includes the cargo units of Japan Airlines, SAS, and Singapore Airlines, and some through arrangements with trucking companies.

Officers:
Chairman, Executive Board and CEO: Carsten Spohr
Chairman, Supervisory Board: Stefan Lauer
Product and Sales: Andreas Otto

Competitors:
Air France-KLM
AMR Corp.
British Airways

 
 
Wikipedia: Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo
IATA
LH		 ICAO
GEC		 Callsign
Lufthansa Cargo
Founded 1994
Hubs Frankfurt International Airport
Cologne Bonn Airport
Alliance WOW Alliance
Fleet size 19
Destinations 39
Parent company Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Headquarters Frankfurt, Germany
Key people Carsten Spohr (Chairman)
Website: http://www.lhcargo.com/

Lufthansa Cargo is the cargo airline subsidiary of Lufthansa based in Frankfurt, Germany. It is an international air freight and logistics company operating worldwide services. Its main bases are Frankfurt International Airport and Cologne Bonn Airport [1]. Lufthansa Cargo does not only offer space on its own freighters, but also has access to the freight capacities of more than 300 Lufthansa passenger aircraft. Additionally, all capacity of Condor Airlines, SunExpress are at the disposal of Lufthansa Fracht. [citation needed]

History

The decision was made in July 1994 to make the freight division of Lufthansa a limited stock company. It was the first airline in the world to split cargo and passenger operations in this way. The airline was founded on November 30, 1994 and started operations in 1995 It has 4,768 employees (at March 2007).[1]. Since 2001, the business has been split up into autonomous three units: "Global Cargo Net", "Global Cargo Handling Services" and "Global Freighter Operations". Meanwhile a reorganisation has taken place and the Sales and Handling activities have been combined under on management worldwide except Germany. There are three areas: The America's, Europe and Africa and Asia Pacific. Germany is still separated in Handling and Sales. [citation needed]

Destinations

Lufthansa Cargo operates flights to 39 destinations in 23 countries.[2]

Africa

Central Asia

Far East

South Asia

The Gulf

Europe

North America

South America

Fleet

Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F
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Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F

The Lufthansa Cargo fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) [1] :

Previously operated

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 108. 
  2. ^ Lufthansa Cargo AG flight schedule 9mb file in Excel format - only those destinations with MD-11 service are Lufthansa Cargo destinations


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