LUFTHANSA Cargo

Lufthansa's cargo business is benefitting from rising demand for goods in China and growing appetite worldwide for Chinese goods, the airline's finance chief said.

"The cargo business is currently absolutely booming. For the first time in over 10 years we are seeing not just strong imports out of China, but also strong exports to China," Stephan Gemkow said.

Demand in China for goods made in the United States and in Europe is rising as wages improve and markets open. Trade data published on Saturday showed that imports rose 34.1 percent in June.
At the same time, exports rose 43.9 percent, giving China a USD$20 billion trade surplus.

Global industry body the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said last month that demand for both air travel and air freight rose strongly in May and now exceeds levels seen before the global economic downturn.
Air cargo is seen as a leading indicator of the health of global trade. Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, on Friday reported a 20 percent rise in June cargo.
Gemkow said the company was not feeling any effect from the European debt crisis and said he was optimistic for the company's second-quarter earnings.

"As far as a CFO can be optimistic, I am optimistic," he said.
IATA has said it expects the world's airlines to post an overall 2010 profit, though European carriers will continue to lose money this year, partly due to a volcanic ash cloud that swept large parts of the continent in April.
Lufthansa's aim is to improve 2010 operating profit compared with last year's result of EUR€130 million (USD$163.7 million) on hopes global economic recovery will help offset the negative impact of the volcano crisis.
Gemkow said Lufthansa still expected recently acquired Austrian Airlines, bmi and Brussels Airlines to post a loss this year but that restructuring at the units was going well.

"Management is undertaking a whole bunch of measures to turn them around. We are very happy with the progress they are making," he said.
Lufthansa added the three carriers in a shopping spree last year as it competes with British Airways and Air France-KLM for European pole position.

(Reuters)

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They are supposed to be delivered from spring 2013 and shall replace all MD-11F until late 2018.
Some other rumors said that the price for the first five planes will be around 900 Mio. $
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[color=black]From a friend who is working for a big aircraft manufacturer in Everett I've just got the information that Lufthansa Cargo recently ordered 5 777F and made options on 30 more.
They are supposed to be delivered from spring 2013 and shall replace all MD-11F until late 2018.
Some other rumors said that the price for the first five planes will be around 900 Mio. $
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Lufthansa Cargo Says Curfew Impact Is Massive

Lufthansa Cargo is moving five of its nightly flights from Frankfurt to Cologne/Bonn and is canceling several China flights per week to comply with the newly imposed curfew at Frankfurt Airport.

CEO Karl-Ulrich Garnadt said that estimates of a €30-50 million ($41-69 million) impact on profits are likely correct.

Frankfurt is opening its fourth runway on Friday, allowing for 92 hourly movements, up from 82. The capacity will rise further to a maximum of 126 flights per hour once terminals are also expanded over the coming years. A local court ruled earlier this month that no flights are allowed between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

The airport had agreed with neighboring communities to apply for a total ban on night flights in return for being allowed to build the fourth runway. That application was overthrown by the state government, which planned to allow 17 flights between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. A first court ruling stated that this number was too high, while a second decision banned flights altogether. A final decision by a federal court is not expected before early 2012.

Lufthansa Cargo says it will now fly five of its MD-11s from Frankfurt to Cologne/Bonn every night to park them for several hours and add more cargo before they resume their journey to Asia at their approved times. The airline will base one MD-11 permanently in Cologne/Bonn from January to allow for a late-night departure to North America. Cologne/Bonn does not have a curfew.

Garnadt said the Frankfurt curfew “forces us to fly a schedule that is partially absurd from an economic and ecological perspective.”

Germany’s air traffic control expects significant disruptions at Frankfurt with the new ban on night flights in place. It says current departure flows are not planned to be stopped abruptly at 11 p.m. Delays would almost certainly lead to flights being canceled until the next day if they cannot depart before the curfew becomes effective.

At least Lufthansa Cargo believes that the decision could still be overthrown next year by the federal court, but it is facing several tough months, if not worse.

Slow 747-8I sales not a concern for Lufthansa

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German flag carrier [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is unconcerned about its continuing status as the only confirmed airline customer for the passenger version of the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], insisting that freighter conversion potential means the aircraft will hold its value.
Slow sales of the 747-8I have not prompted a rethink at the German airline. Lufthansa chief executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber says the carrier is "not at all" bothered about its lonely position, pointing to the airline's experience with 747s and the type's enduring appeal as a freighter.

"We could operate the [747-8] for 20 or 30 years and then use them as freighters," he (Mayrhuber) says. "They will retain their value."

Lufthansa the first to order Boeing's 747-8

Carrier to buy 20, but maintains loyalty to Airbus

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Updated 10:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Calling The Boeing Co.'s new 747-8 a "highly modern" passenger jet, Germany's flagship carrier Lufthansa became the first customer to order what will be the biggest 747 ever.
"The Boeing 747-8 is more than just a derivative of the successful Boeing 747 series," Lufthansa Chief Executive [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] said Wednesday after the airline ordered 20 of the planes and took options to buy 20 more.
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But another Lufthansa executive said the decision to buy the 747-8 should not be seen as anything negative against the A380, which is two years behind schedule. "It was a well-evaluated decision to go with the 747-8, rather than us being against something else," [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], senior vice president of fleet planning for Lufthansa, said at a hastily arranged news conference in Seattle with Boeing executives.
......In addition to the 20 747- 8s, Lufthansa also ordered seven A340-600s from Airbus.
Lufthansa is one of the few airlines in the world that continues to order the four-engine A340 rather than Boeing's more fuel-efficient two-engine 777. Buchholz said the A340- 600 complements Lufthansa's fleet. It seats about 300 passengers in Lufthansa's configuration. "It makes a lot of sense to have it in our fleet," he said.
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The 747-8 will "fit nicely" between the A340-600 and the A380, Buchholz said.

Lufthansa will be the first airline to operate the 747-8 Intercontinental, starting in 2010 when the plane becomes available. Deliveries of the first 20 planes are scheduled into 2013.
Buchholz said the market will determine when Lufthansa might begin to take additional planes.

The 747-8 Intercontinental has an average list price of $277.5 million. But as the launch customer for the 747-8 Intercontinental, Lufthansa probably received a discount of more than 30 percent.

Lufthansa received a "very good price," said [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], vice president of sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The airline also has already negotiated the price on its 20 options.

The 747-8 ......will have the fuel-efficient engines developed by General Electric for the 787 Dreamliner.
The 747-8 also will have a redesigned and more efficient wing. Lufthansa has long urged Boeing to develop a bigger version of the 747, but it was not until the new engines came along that Boeing could design an updated version of its jumbo jet that made economic sense for airlines.

• depuis le nombre initialement prévu (405,...... déjà bien inférieur au nombre de 467 affiché par Boeing ... ), ...
  
  
• au nombre de 386 !
  

"The engines were the breakthrough," Buchholz acknowledged.

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Lufthansa Cargo (LHC) is considering replacing its fleet of 18 BoeingMD-11Fs and will decide by 2014 which aircraft to go with, LHC chairman and CEO Karl-Ulrich Garnadt told ATW in Seoul, South Korea.

“We know we have to order more [Boeing] 777Fs and there is no other option,” Garnadt said. LHC finalized an order for five 777 freighters valued at $1.35 billion last spring ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien])......

Voulp a écrit:LHC cherche un remplaçant aux MD-11F

Une nouvelle commande de B 777 F ? Bon, ce serait pour 2014 :

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Lufthansa Cargo (LHC) is considering replacing its fleet of 18 BoeingMD-11Fs and will decide by 2014 which aircraft to go with, LHC chairman and CEO Karl-Ulrich Garnadt told ATW in Seoul, South Korea.

“We know we have to order more [Boeing] 777Fs and there is no other option,” Garnadt said. LHC finalized an order for five 777 freighters valued at $1.35 billion last spring ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien])......

Rien n'est impossible ! Mais le Boeing B777-300ER en conversion en freighter, ou en freighter new-build, ... n'est pas pour un proche avenir !

Ne jamais oublier que le B747-8 est conçu non pas comme un avion de ligne, ... mais comme un "freighter" ! Spécifiquement pour LHA et Cathay Pacific ! Mais, LHA avait une motivation particiulière, qui a incité Boeing à poursuivre la notion d'une version -8I ! Mais LHA a passé une commande ostensiblement en version -8I, mais, en réalité dejà en -8F. Ainsi, de cette façon, Boeing a pu accorder par anticipation à LHA (pour le 'moment venu') la conversion 'gratuite' en freighter !

Mais Boeing se focalise, en ce moment, sur des B777F en terme de "new-build" ! Cela signifie des B777-200F ! Et, compte tenu de la crise, ceci offre une évolution largement suffisante, pendant de nombreuses années à venir, par rapport à la capacité des actuels DC-10 et MD-11 !