GERMAN flag carrier Lufthansa will cut 20 per cent of managerial positions and accept no more than 80 planes from its current order book to be able...
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Lufthansa starts reducing fleet, cutting jobs to pay back state aid - Lufthansa Cargo Centre outsources some of its logistics to Fiege Group
MAJOR logistics provider Fiege Group will take over a portion of the physical freight handling at the Lufthansa Cargo Centre in Frankfurt, the German...
- Air France offers employees voluntarily buyouts to cut overhead
AIR France is offering incentives to 8,300 staffers who voluntarily quit to cut costs without causing a political backlash, Bloomberg reports
- Russia's Air Bridge Cargo launches WebCargo's online ebooking
RUSSIA's Air Bridge Cargo has announced it has brought its real-time pricing and booking capabilities completely online through a partnership...
- Mexpress starts new bonded trucking service between US-Mexican airports
ROAD feeder service (RFS) provider Mexpress, which offers bonded trucking between US and Mexican airports, has launched a new service from Columbus,...
- Lufthansa Group obtains US$9.9b in financial support
LUFTHANSA Group has secured approval from the federal German government's economic stabilisation fund, WSF, for a EUR9 billion (US$9
- Air Astana removes business class seats to boost capacity for medical freight
KAZAKHSTAN's Air Astana has begun removing seats from its business class cabin to make room for medical cargo
- Ireland's Ryanair's chief O'Leary out to wreck EU airline bailouts
RYANAIR boss Michael O'Leary is fighting the European Union over subsidies it plans to provide rival Lufthansa to survive the Covid-19 pandemic,...
- Lufthansa needs bailout money protection from foreign takeover
GERMAN flag carrier Lufthansa must be bailed out by the government and needs protection against a foreign takeover, says Hesse provincial premier...
- First Lufthansa flights take off from Shenzhen with masks for Frankfurt
THE first Lufthansa Cargo aircraft, an Airbus A330-300, has departed Shenzhen for Frankfurt the first of 14 cargo flights carrying three million...
- Cargo from Europe still allowed into US airports, but not passengers
THE White House has clarified that cargo is not included in the US ban on travel from most parts of Europe, taken as a measure to curb the spread of...
- Frankfurt Airport's 45pc traffic drop reveals extent of virus hit
FRANKFURT Airport said passenger numbers are plunging, almost halving in recent days because of the coronavirus pandemic, reports Bloomberg
- US transatlantic passenger ban expected to be major blow to air cargo
THE air travel ban from Europe - but not Britain or applicable to Irish citizens - to the US is likely to have a profound impact on the transatlantic...
- Lufthansa Cargo implements IBS Software's cargo handling app
IBS Software is to host an air freight management platform for Lufthansa Cargo, after signing a five-year contract to host and maintain the...
- Intra-Asia airfreight rates surge; China to Europe/US prices are rising
THE TAC Index shows that airfreight rates on trade routes between China and Singapore, and from China to Korea have jumped over the past few weeks,...
- Airlines globally see revenue plummet due to coronavirus that racks up bills
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicts the coronavirus will cause total revenue losses for commercial airlines of between US$63...
- Digital bookings for cargo increases, but sales agents are still needed
DIGITALIZATION of the cargo sales and booking process is growing in popularity among carriers, judging by the success of online booking platforms...
- Air cargo carriers face belly-hold shortages following flight cuts tied to virus
A MARKED reduction in passenger flights to China means that belly-hold space is in tight supply following the outbreak of the respiratory...
- Lufthansa makes changes to China freighter schedules due to coronavirus
FOLLOWING the announcement last Wednesday by Lufthansa to suspend passenger flights to and from mainland China until February 9, Lufthansa Cargo says...
- American and Delta stop flights to China, widening virus disruption
AMERICAN Airlines has stopped flying to Beijing and Shanghai and will resume services on March 27 due to health concerns from the coronavirus...