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Drone logistics: From Lüdenscheid to beyond

Many logisticians are familiar with the problem of the last mile. For Marius Schröder, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Third Element Aviation, the solution is in the air - drone logistics! What has already been working in Lüdenscheid since February could soon become part of everyday life throughout Germany and Europe. The Bielefeld-based tech start-up and the Koerschulte Group are operating Germany's first commercial scheduled flight connection for transport drones. In a guest article, Schröder describes how they got there and the potential of this new form of logistics.

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Solar mobile on its way to Australia

As an official logistics partner, Gebrüder Weiss is supporting ETH Zurich on its way to the World Solar Challenge 2023 in Australia.

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The future drivers of the air freight industry

Lufthansa Cargo is focusing on efficient sustainability, digitalization and e-commerce. The company announced this on the occasion of Aviation Day on August 19.

Acquisition

Dachser: Acquisition of air and sea freight forwarder ACA International

With the takeover of air and sea freight forwarder ACA International, Dachser is expanding its own Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) network by six locations "down under".

Personnel changes

Heuel expands management team

Heuel Logistics has appointed Gerald Mayrhofer to the Management Board. In his role, he has been responsible for sales development and contract logistics, among other things, since October 2022. He is also overseeing the expansion of sea and air freight as new business areas for the logistics group.

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Kühne Holding acquires a 10 percent stake in Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Kühne Holding AG has acquired a total market share of 10 percent in Deutsche Lufthansa AG via a wholly owned German subsidiary.

Cheers in Frankfurt

Lufthansa Cargo achieves record result for the second time in a row

Lufthansa Cargo achieved the best result in the company's history in the 2021 financial year. Revenue rose to EUR 3.80 billion (previous year: EUR 2.76 billion), adjusted EBIT amounted to EUR 1,493 million (previous year: EUR 772 million).

Digital transformation

Lufthansa Cargo now only flies with electronic air waybills

In 2020, IATA announced the industry goal of achieving 100% eAWB by the end of 2022, so that all shipments will only be transported using electronic air waybills.

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Lufthansa Cargo successfully renews Cargo iQ quality certification

Lufthansa Cargo was recently re-certified by the independent auditing company SGS in accordance with the Cargo iQ standards for quality management along the airfreight transport chain.

Freight forwarding meets air freight

Take off sustainably

The two companies Kuehne+Nagel and Lufthansa Cargo have agreed on an exclusive partnership to promote and use power-to-liquid aviation fuel.

Permanent solution

Lufthansa Cargo deploys Airbus A321s converted into freighters

Lufthansa Cargo is investing in the expansion of its cargo capacities. From the beginning of 2022, the company will offer its customers additional capacity in Europe by permanently converting Airbus 321 passenger aircraft into freighters.