Lufthansa Cargo has further expanded its cooperation with Rome, Italy-based ITA Airways with the start of the winter flight schedule on 26 October.
The cooperation was agreed when the Lufthansa Group acquired a stake in the Italian airline. Since June, Lufthansa Cargo has been marketing ITA Airways’ cargo capacity on various routes.
Shipments can now be transported under Lufthansa Cargo’s own AWB number 020 on flights originating in Rome-Fiumicino Airport.
The move expands Lufthansa Cargo’s belly capacity by around 20% with Rome-Fiumicino serving as the German carrier’s fifth European hub alongside Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, and Brussels. It includes up to 30 additional weekly cargo connections to South America (Buenos Aires EZE, Rio de Janeiro GIG, Sao Paulo GRU) and up to 21 additional flights per week to Asia (Bangkok BKK, New Delhi DEL and Tokyo-Haneda HND.
However, connections to and from the US and Canada are currently still excluded until regulatory approval has been obtained
The hub also expands Lufthansa’s intra-European road feeder service.
