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fltr: Ashwin Bhat, CCO Lufthansa Cargo AG; Carsten Trolle, President Air & Sea bei DSV; Dorothea von Boxberg, CEO; Dietmar Focke, COO both Lufthansa Cargo AG
fltr: Ashwin Bhat, CCO Lufthansa Cargo AG; Carsten Trolle, President Air & Sea bei DSV; Dorothea von Boxberg, CEO; Dietmar Focke, COO both Lufthansa Cargo AG

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Lufthansa Cargo honors DSV with "Excellence Award"

Significant growth and strong partnership decisive criteria for the recognition

At this week’s Global Partner Council the logistics and transport company DSV was honored with Lufthansa Cargo’s “Excellence Award” for the year 2021. Lufthansa Cargo thus recognized the outstanding cooperation with DSV. The annual meeting which brings together Lufthansa Cargo's biggest customers and its top management was held for the 23rd time. This is the first time DSV has been honored as a "Global Partner of Excellence".

"With this award, we honor the strong growth in the past year and the special partnership that distinguished our cooperation with DSV. Growth was distributed across the General Cargo, Express Freight and Special Freight product segments. DSV also advanced to become our strongest customer in three regions last year," said Ashwin Bhat, Chief Commercial Officer at Lufthansa Cargo, explaining the criteria for this year's top customer selection. "We look back very happily and gratefully on the very good relationship we have with DSV worldwide. And we look forward to the coming years and expanding our cooperation also in the area of sustainability."

Carsten Trolle, President Air & Sea at DSV, received the award at the Global Partnership Council. "We are very proud that our outstanding cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo has earned us this award and highly pleased to be distinguished by one of the leading cargo airlines worldwide. , said Carsten Trolle. "Our long-standing cooperation is characterized by partnership and trust and the desire to deliver the best service to our customers even in challenging times.”

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Lufthansa Cargo AG

With a turnover of 3.8 billion euros and a transport performance of 7.2 billion freight ton kilometers in 2021, Lufthansa Cargo is one of the world's leading companies in the transport of airfreight. The company currently employs around 4,200 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, Eurowings Discover 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 sustainable cargo airline. To achieve this, the company relies on state-of-the-art technologies and continuous investments in the area of sustainability. In 2021, important milestones were reached, such as the fleet modernization to an all-B777F fleet and the introduction of completely CO2-neutral freight transport for all customers. In 2022, Lufthansa Cargo plans to successively equip its fleet with Sharkskin technology and expand its Sustainable Aviation Fuel program to further reduce CO2 emissions. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and the specialist for the logistics business of the Lufthansa Group.

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