Lufthansa Cargo shifts Asian hub to Krasnoyarsk

Release Date: 2009-06-10

Considerable cost-savings through shorter routing to and from the Far-East

As of June, Lufthansa Cargo AG is relocating on schedule, its technical stopover point for its cargo flights from Astana (TSE), Kazakhstan, to Krasnoyarsk (KJA) in Russia. The first flight via the new route will be made on 1st June from Tokyo via Krasnoyarsk to Frankfurt. Later, the flights to and from China will be made via Siberia. On completion of the relocation, freight to the previous location of Astana will only be transported aboard flights of Lufthansa Passage. Lufthansa Cargo, however, will continue to have a presence in Kazakhstan with its cargo flights to Almaty.

“With the relocation of our operations, we are realizing a long-planned optimization of the routing”, said Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo. "The new stopover in Krasnoyarsk shortens the flying time to the Far East by an average of about 12 minutes per flight and thus makes a valuable contribution to the further reduction of costs”. As a result, thanks to the new routing Lufthansa Cargo will use around 2,000 tons of kerosene less per annum.

Lufthansa Cargo has enjoyed considerable support from the region and the airport in Krasnoyarsk, during recent months. For example, within one year the instrument landing system of Krasnoyarsk Airport has been upgraded from CAT I to CAT II. With this modernization of the instrument landing system, the airport can also be used without interruption even in bad weather. Thus, one of the most important requirements of Lufthansa Cargo with respect to stable flight operations to and from Siberia was fulfilled on schedule.

As of August 2009, Lufthansa Cargo will use the new hub in Krasnoyarsk with 22 weekly flights to and from Europe.

Lufthansa Cargo AG

Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world’s leading cargo carriers. In the 2008 financial year, the airline transported around 1.70 million tonnes of freight and mail and clocked up 8.3 billion revenue tonne-kilometres. The company currently employs about 4,600 people, worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves some 300 destinations in 90 countries in a global network with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of Lufthansa’s passenger aircraft and an extensive road services network. The bulk of the freight transported by Lufthansa Cargo is trans-shipped through Frankfurt, Europe’s largest air cargo hub. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly-owned Lufthansa subsidiary. In the 2008 financial year, it posted revenues totalling 2.9 billion euros.

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