DHL-Lufthansa airline starts operations
A new joint venture airline between DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo began operations Friday.
AeroLogic took delivery of its first Boeing 777F aircraft and will serve routes between Europe and Asia, flying cargo for customers of its parent companies.
'AeroLogic was set up to offer highly reliable and efficient air transport services on the Europe/Asia trade lane, which is expected to grow by approximately 5 percent annually in a mid-term perspective,' the joint venture partners said in a statement.
The airline will initially serve the express routes Leipzig, Bahrain, Singapore, Delhi and Leipzig on weekdays, and Leipzig, Tashkent, Hong Kong, Tashkent and Leipzig on weekends. By 2010, the airline said it would gradually expand the network to offer new direct connections to most of Asia's major metropolitan areas, as well as European Union/North America routes further down the line.
AeroLogic will operate with eight new leased 777F freighters, the first four of which are expected to be delivered this year. The two partners will individually market cargo capacity.
DHL-Lufthansa airline starts operations
