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Please find here a selection of articles from the current planet edition.

First flight to Ewajambuhn

Before Lufthansa Cargo flies to a new destination a lot of questions have to be clarified. Even those of
supposedly minor importance, such as: “Can the office be locked up?” Creag Stark and his colleagues
from the “Aircraft Handling Competence” Team in Frankfurt, find the answers

Good night!

Global supply chains are also in motion at night. The interplay of the capacities of freighter and passenger aircraft at a hub like Frankfurt also requires take-offs and landings between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. With the initiative “Die Fracht braucht die Nacht” (“Cargo needs the night”) the German logistics industry advocates a certain number of legally guaranteed night flights

“Stay down to earth”

DSV is one of the fastest growing transport and logistics companies in Europe – and yet it has retained its down to earth character, emphasizes CEO Jens Bjørn Andersen in his meeting with Dr. Andreas Otto, Member of the Executive Board Product and Sales at Lufthansa Cargo. DSV took over ABX Logistics in 2008. Since then the Danes and the airline with the crane as its emblem have also been Global Partners

Cool, cooler, Opticooler

Since the summer Lufthansa Cargo has been offering a new cool & heat container for temperature-sensitive freight: the Opticooler. What makes it so special is the fact that this container cools entirely without dry ice

“Simply magnificent”

Pilots – most people are full of admiration for them. And they may well think: “What a dream job!”. Many pilots do indeed fly out of passion. But the work is tough and demands 100 percent professionalism and commitment at all times. Especially in the cargo business, which makes very particular demands.
planet reporter Lars Kruse talked to Oliver Winzig and Niklas Theil

From a “city that never sleeps”

Fastest possible handling times for acceptance before departure, transit and availability after aircraft arrival, guaranteed capacities, a broad-based network, high frequencies of flight connections – Lufthansa Cargo’s td.Flash is one of the favorite services of international courier services, as shown by the example of Quick International Courier from New York