With the beginning of the winter flight schedule final weekend, Lufthansa Cargo has inaugurated its first direct transpacific freighter service from Asia to North America. On Sunday, 27 October 2024, flightLH8019 took off from Ho Chi Minh Metropolis (SGN) in Vietnam to Los Angeles (LAX) in america, operated by its JV subsidiary AeroLogic. The plane with the identification D-AALO had beforehand taken off from Frankfurt (FRA) for Vietnam on Saturday, 26 October 2024. It had then flown again from Los Angeles on Sunday, 27 October 2024, and had arrived on the service’s residence hub on Monday, 28 October 2024.
“This new freighter connection highlights our dedication to connecting economies by responding to the demand of the quickly rising economic system in Vietnam, which might now be seamlessly related to the U.S. even quicker. This service reinforces our objective of enabling world enterprise, which is why we’re repeatedly analyzing the probabilities of building new routes and rising in dynamic market environments,” explains Ashwin Bhat, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo.
With the brand new flight schedule, Lufthansa Cargo is now providing its prospects 89 weekly B777F freighter connections worldwide. This contains 50 frequencies to 17 locations in Asia, reflecting the sturdy demand within the area. The rising e-commerce trade, specifically, is driving this growth, to which Lufthansa Cargo is ready to reply rapidly and flexibly because of its early preparations. With its personal A321 freighter fleet for brief and medium-haul routes, in addition to extra cargo capacities marketed on the intensive community of Lufthansa Airways, Austrian Airways, Brussels Airways, Uncover Airways and SunExpress, Lufthansa Cargo is ready to provide its prospects capacities to over 350 locations in 100 nations in its winter flight schedule
