Lufthansa Cargo launched a two-week service on the B777F in Chengdu

Created on 08.06.2018 17:34

Lufthansa confirmed its latest increase in capacity in the Chinese Сargo market by adding a service for a two-week cargo service on a B777 aircraft to Chengdu, writes AVIAV. Chengdu in western China joined Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong as a cargo connection Lufthansa Cargo to the country. Speaking at the Air Cargo China conference in Shanghai, Mr. Frank Neiv, the Vice President, Lufthansa Cargo Asia-Pacific, said: “Extending our network will enable the company to offer solutions for rapidly growing markets in western China. These new flights to Chengdu strengthen our position in China. This is another investment in a very important Chinese air transportation market”. - he said. Noting that Lufthansa Cargo has been working with Chinese air operators for more than 20 years, the Mr. Alexis von Heenbruch, the Chief Commercial Director added: “Our goal is to strengthen our position and use it as a basis for future expansion”. This is the latest step in the commitment of the freight carrier to the Chinese market. Last year, the frequency of its freight traffic to Shanghai increased from 7 to 11 flights a week. In addition, Lufthansa Cargo offers cargo capacity of passenger traffic of Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines in destinations to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Qingdao and Shenyang. Lufthansa serves Shenyang in North East China three times a week with passenger services from Frankfurt from the end of March this year. In 2017, Lufthansa Cargo transported 240,000 tons of cargo to and from China. Last year, Greater China (mainland China plus Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) became the third largest export market of Lufthansa Cargo in terms of volume (surpassed only by Germany and the US) and the second largest revenue (surpassed only by Germany).

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