Air Cargo Management

Lufthansa Cargo launches Riga freighter connection

Lufthansa Cargo has announced the launch of its new freighter connection to RIX Riga Airport, with its A321F stopping in the Latvian capital once a week.
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Lufthansa Cargo has announced the launch of its new freighter connection to RIX Riga Airport, with its A321F planned to stop in the Latvian capital once a week.

Henning Oldendorf, Lufthansa Cargo’s head of sales and handling Nordics and Baltics, said: “We are happy to now operate in the Baltics and support the growing airfreight business in the region.”

Lufthansa Cargo announced the news via LinkedIn on May 6, where it said the aircraft’s arrival in Riga was ahead of schedule and the fully loaded freighter took off on time to Frankfurt via Helsinki transporting pharmaceutical shipments and more.

Oldendorf added: “With our medium-haul freighter, we can offer the short delivery times that consumers expect today and provide our customers with the capacity they need with the same quality and expertise for which Lufthansa Cargo is known.”

Eligijus Jentkus, head of air cargo development at RIX Riga Airport, said: “The opening of regular cargo flights will allow Latvian manufacturers to plan ahead and reach new markets faster in the Lufthansa Cargo network. Local entrepreneurs in turn will have an opportunity to import goods more conveniently and quickly at competitive prices.

“The advantage of cargo flights is the ability to simultaneously carry larger cargoes without dividing them into several flights, and the ability to transport bulky cargo that cannot be accommodated in passenger aircraft

“Lufthansa Group is a long-term and stable cooperation partner of Riga Airport, and we are happy that it is Riga Airport that becomes the first Baltic airport where Lufthansa Cargo starts such regular air cargo flights.”

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