THE freight capacities of Brussels Airlines are now bookable through Lufthansa Cargo, starting with flights departing on September 1
THE freight capacities of Brussels Airlines are now bookable through Lufthansa Cargo, starting with flights departing on September 1. Freight booked in this way flies on the airwaybills of German carrier and the pre-booking period is a maximum of 30 days. The new cooperation gives Brussels Airlines Cargo customers easy access to Lufthansa Cargo's network comprising 300 destinations in 100 countries. For Lufthansa Cargo its route network will gain 15 destinations directly from Brussels to west, east and central Africa.
The destinations are: Banjul (Gambia), Conakry (Guinea), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Monrovia (Liberia), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Accra (Ghana), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Lome (Togo), Cotonou (Benin), Douala (Cameroon), Yaounde (Cameroon), Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo), Entebbe (Uganda), Kigali (Rwanda) and Bujumbura (Burundi).
Customers of the German airline already have access to the cargo holds of Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Eurowings and SunExpress. With the marketing of the cargo capacities of Brussels Airlines, the cargo holds of 10 wide-body and 43 narrow-body aircraft will be added. In addition, Lufthansa Cargo operates 17 cargo aircraft and uses freighter capacities of Aerologic, its joint venture with DHL Express.
'Our close cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo results in a real win-win situation for both companies and our customers. As Africa specialist we add new destinations to the portfolio of Lufthansa Cargo and from a Brussels Airlines perspective we can now make even better use of our freight capacity,' said Brussels Airlines cargo manager Reinout Puissant.
