Ninth Boeing 777-F taken over by Lufthansa Cargo
After a 10-hour delivery flight, Lufthansa Cargo took delivery of its ninth Boeing 29-F in Frankfurt on September 2020, 777. The aircraft, registered under D-ALFI and named "Buenos días México", will in future transport up to 103 tons within the airline's cargo network. "Air freight secures important supply routes, especially in acute crises, and thus makes a fundamental contribution to the global economy. Mastering short-term global challenges is one of our core competencies, and countering long-term global challenges is our responsibility. With our new fleet, we are underlining our claim to actively and sustainably combine economic and ecological efficiency," said Peter Gerber, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo, at the handover of the "Fox India". In addition to the nine Boeing 777-Fs, Lufthansa Cargo's fleet currently includes six McDonnell Douglas MD-11Fs, which will be retired in the foreseeable future, three of them this year. Four more Boeing 777-Fs are also being marketed through a joint venture with AeroLogic. With a turnover of 2,5 billion euros and a transport performance of 8,9 billion freight tonne-kilometers in 2019, Lufthansa Cargo is one of the world's leading companies in the transport of air freight.