Lufthansa Cargo expands services to Japan

From the beginning of  November, Lufthansa Cargo is offering more capacity and greater
flexibility to and from Japan. The airline is boosting its services to 12 flights a week, almost doubling its frequencies.

Lufthansa Cargo now connects daily between Frankfurt and Tokyo with an MD 11-freighter service. Osaka is being served five times a week.

“Japan has been a strategically important market for us and we want to take
advantage of the market opportunities that present themselves there,” said Dr. Andreas Otto,
Lufthansa Cargo Executive Board member responsible for product and sales.”Our customers
will benefit from more frequent connections and greater flexibility on this key route.”

Air cargo traffic volumes between Japan and Europe reflect the high levels of demand from the
manufacturing industry. The majority of goods flown to Europe are produced by the electronics and entertainment industries, automotive manufacturing and engineering industries and the optical and photographic industries. There has also been an increase in the volume of solar technology products and components transported by air.

On routes to Japan, the market is dominated by engineering products, medical technology, vehicles and vehicle parts, pharmaceuticals and textiles. In addition, in terms of the import business, the transport of Beaujolais Nouveau, for which there is a large clientele in Japan, marks an annual peak in demand in November.