Lufthansa Cargo boosts tonnage and sales in 2010 Capacitiy utilisation up significantly to 70.9 per cent

Lufthansa Cargo returned excellent figures in the 2010 business year. Revenue cargo tonne- kilometres (FTKT) rose to a record 8.9 billion FTKTs. The volume of cargo and mail transported climbed by 18.2 per cent to 1.79 million tonnes.

Karl Ulrich Garnadt, Lufthansa Cargo’s new Chairman and CEO said: “After the 2009 crisis year, Lufthansa Cargo has come back with outstanding results on the back of an impressive team performance. We are taking that momentum into 2011 in order to make the most of growth opportunities in the international airfreight industry."

Freight and mail tonnage increased appreciably in all traffic regions. The biggest growth came in the Americas, where tonnage soared by 24.9 per cent, followed by the Asia/Pacific with growth of 20.6 per cent.

During the year, Lufthansa Cargo raised capacity by 7.6 per cent. Alongside the airline’s reactivated freighters, the increase is attributable especially to new aircraft joining the fleet operated by the AeroLogic subsidiary and the integration of the cargo capacities of Austrian Airlines.

Sales climbed by 19.9 per cent to 8.9 billion revenue cargo tonne-kilometres and were accompanied by a pronounced improvement in capacity utilisation. The cargo load factor rose on the year-earlier level by 7.3 percentage points to 70.9 per cent.

Lufthansa AG
Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world’s leading cargo carriers. In the 2010 financial year, the airline transported around 1.8 million tonnes of freight and mail and clocked up 8.9 billion revenue tonne-kilometres. The Company currently employs about 4,500 people, worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves some 330 destinations in more than 100 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of passenger aircraft operated by Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines, and an extensive road feeder service network. The bulk of the cargo business is routed through Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly owned Lufthansa subsidiary. In the 2009 financial year, it posted revenues totalling around 1.9 billion euros. The financial results for 2010 will be published in March 2011.

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