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Lufthansa Cargo honors DHL Global Forwarding with “Excellence Award”
DHL Global Forwarding recognized as top customer 2023
At yesterday's “Planet Award of Excellence” ceremony in Rome, the logistics company DHL Global Forwarding was honored as a top customer for 2023. Lufthansa Cargo thus recognizes the good and cooperative partnership with DHL Global Forwarding, especially in Asia and Europe. This is the sixth time that DHL Group's air and ocean freight specialist, headquartered in Bonn, has won the award. The coveted award was presented for the 22nd time at this year's “Global Partner Council”, the annual meeting of Lufthansa Cargo's largest customers and the top management.
Ashwin Bhat, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo, explained the decision in favor of DHL Global Forwarding at the presentation of the award: “With DHL Global Forwarding, we have an extremely cooperative and constructive partner at our side, with whom we have been working very professionally and trustingly at all levels for many years. In the Asia Pacific region and Europe in particular, we were able to achieve great success together last year.”
“We are delighted to receive this award and to be recognized for our excellent cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo,” said Max Sauberschwarz, Global Head of Air Freight at DHL Global Forwarding. Sauberschwarz is also confident about the partnership with the cargo airline for 2024: “This year, our focus is on strengthening our collaboration with Lufthansa Cargo in the areas of pharma logistics and time-critical services, particularly within our SameDay service offerings.”
Lufthansa Cargo's Global Partnership Program is a central platform for the sustainable growth of Lufthansa Cargo and its largest customers. The nine Global Partners, which include DHL Global Forwarding, DB Schenker, DHL Express, DSV, Expeditors, Hellmann, Kühne + Nagel, Nippon Express and UPS, account for around half of Lufthansa Cargo's revenue. The Global Partner Council took place for the 26th time in 2024 and brings together the top managers of these leading global forwarders with the Executive Board and management of Lufthansa Cargo at different locations each year. The “Planet Award of Excellence” has been presented at the Council since 2002.
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With revenue of 3.0 billion euros and a transport performance of 7.5 billion freight ton kilometers in 2023, Lufthansa Cargo is one of the world's leading companies in the transport of airfreight. The company currently employs around 4,150 people worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo's focus is on the airport-to-airport business. The route network covers around 300 destinations in more than 100 countries, using both freighter aircraft and cargo capacity from passenger aircraft operated by Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines and SunExpress, as well as trucks. The majority of the cargo business is handled via Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa Cargo is pursuing the goal of becoming the world's most environmentally friendly cargo airline. To achieve this, the company relies on state-of-the-art technologies and constant investments in the area of sustainability. In 2023, important milestones were reached, such as the investment in the continuous expansion of the B777F fleet, the expansion of short- and medium-haul networks with A321 freighters, and the continuation of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel program. In 2024, Lufthansa Cargo plans to successively equip its B777F fleet with Sharkskin technology, implement further digital services and contribute to reducing CO2 emissions through sustainable logistics solutions. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and the specialist for the logistics business of the Lufthansa Group.
