Lufthansa Cargo adds more flights to mainland China, ferrying urgent supplies to Europe

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The collapse of air travel has practically put a stop to passenger flights, which typically carry half of all air cargo.

German freight carrier Lufthansa Cargo is expanding in China, surpassing 100 weekly flights for the first time, and adding new flights to Shenzhen.

Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon report combined HK$4.5 billion loss for start of 2020Global air freight capacity has been squeezed as two-thirds of the world’s aircraft have been grounded by the Covid-19 pandemic. With the addition of Shenzhen, Lufthansa Cargo will fly to five destinations in China. It serves more than 300 destinations in 100 countries.

Lufthansa Cargo has a fleet of seven Boeing 777 Freighters , with two new 777Fs arriving this year as part of its strategy to operate a fleet with a single aircraft type. Although he did not rule out future expansion, he said: “Demand will gradually come down in the next two or three months because a lot of equipment would have been shipped by then and some shipments will go on rail or ocean shipping.”

 

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