Lufthansa Cargo adds Singapore freighter link, makes European routes permanent 

Lufthansa Cargo will also retain twice-weekly trans-Pacific flights from Frankfurt (FRA) via Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) and Shanghai (PVG) to Los Angeles (LAX), continuing increased frequency started over the summer. 

Flights from Frankfurt to Taipei (TPE)  and Chengdu (CTU) will continue three times weekly. The carrier will also resume freighter service between Frankfurt and Almaty (ALA). 

The Indian subcontinent is turning into one of the most “strategically important growth markets” for the company, Lufthansa Cargo Chief Executive Ashwin Bhat stated in an Oct. 12 release. 

Therefore, Lufthansa Cargo has shifted its Mumbai freighter operations to Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMI) from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM), citing what the company calls “an infrastructure upgrade.” 

Lufthansa Cargo will add Singapore to a Frankfurt-Taipei freighter rotation and make Frankfurt services to Stavanger, Larnaca and Istanbul permanent on its winter schedule, effective Oct. 25. 

In Europe, the additional flights from Frankfurt will be operated on the larger widebody Boeing 777F, up from the Airbus A321F. 

Lufthansa Cargo’s North American growth during the winter schedule will come through frequency increases rather than additional destinations. It will fly to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) four times weekly, up from three, Houston will increase to thrice weekly and New York (JFK) to five weekly. 

Lufthansa Cargo did not respond to several calls for comment.  

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