LUFTHANSA Cargo has added Hanoi as a new destination to its B777 freighter network as it looks to capitalise on export growth in Vietnam, reports London's Air Cargo News.
The first flight of the twice-weekly service arrived in the Vietnamese city on November 3. The flight is part of Lufthansa's winter schedule for 2022/2023 and includes a Mumbai stop.
'Both Hochiminh, the country's largest city and economic centre in the south, and the capital Hanoi in the north are characterised by remarkable economic growth in recent years,' said lufthansa Cargo.
'As a production centre, Vietnam has gained significant importance and records an increasing high export volume, including to Europe. Accordingly, the demand for air freight transportation is high.'
The airline declared that electronics, auto parts, and clothing are among the goods most frequently flown from Hanoi.
Said Lufthansa Cargo CCO Ashwin Bhat: 'With our station opening in Hanoi in the north of the country and thus in an advantageous location to the economic highway to North and Southeast Asia, we are ideally supplementing our transport offering for our customers with another direct connection to Frankfurt and thus also to our European and global network.
'Our network is growing with frequencies and destinations to highly demanded routes, including Hanoi, Seoul and Hong Kong,' he said.
Lufthansa Cargo's long-haul fleet consists of 16 Boeing 777F aircraft, with five of these aircraft operated by AeroLogic.
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The first flight of the twice-weekly service arrived in the Vietnamese city on November 3. The flight is part of Lufthansa's winter schedule for 2022/2023 and includes a Mumbai stop.
'Both Hochiminh, the country's largest city and economic centre in the south, and the capital Hanoi in the north are characterised by remarkable economic growth in recent years,' said lufthansa Cargo.
'As a production centre, Vietnam has gained significant importance and records an increasing high export volume, including to Europe. Accordingly, the demand for air freight transportation is high.'
The airline declared that electronics, auto parts, and clothing are among the goods most frequently flown from Hanoi.
Said Lufthansa Cargo CCO Ashwin Bhat: 'With our station opening in Hanoi in the north of the country and thus in an advantageous location to the economic highway to North and Southeast Asia, we are ideally supplementing our transport offering for our customers with another direct connection to Frankfurt and thus also to our European and global network.
'Our network is growing with frequencies and destinations to highly demanded routes, including Hanoi, Seoul and Hong Kong,' he said.
Lufthansa Cargo's long-haul fleet consists of 16 Boeing 777F aircraft, with five of these aircraft operated by AeroLogic.
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