Lufthansa Cargo starts Boeing 777F on Frankfurt-JFK/Atlanta/Chicago run
11/27/2013 9:06:19 AM
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LUFTHANSA
Cargo's first Boeing 777 freighter has made its maiden voyage on a
scheduled flight from Frankfurt to New York's JFK, then on to Atlanta
and Chicago, the first of five planes on order with a list price of
US$270 million each.
The carrier's second Boeing 777F
will be delivered next month, and two more jets will follow in the first
half of 2014 and a fifth in 2015, Lufthansa said.
CEO Karl
Ulrich Garnadt said the addition of the twin-engine freighters, which
have a payload of 103 tonnes and flying range of 9,000 kilometres, will
be permanently based in
Aside
from purchasing the new freighters to grow and modernise its fleet, the
airline is also investing EUR100 million (US$135.4 million) in new IT
systems and it plans to build a new, efficient logistics centre in
Lufthansa
Cargo currently operates eighteen MD-11 Freighters, and two of the
oldest aircraft in the fleet will be replaced by the new B777Fs during
2014.
The fleet modernisation will also significantly reduce the
environmental impact of the airline's operations. "The specific CO2
emissions of the Boeing 777F are almost 20 per cent lower than those of
our MD-11 freighters," said Mr Garnadt.
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