Frank Bauer, currently Chief Financial Officer and Labour Director of Lufthansa Cargo, will take over the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Lufthansa Cargo on July 1, 2025.

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Lufthansa Cargo appoints Frank Bauer as Chief Operating Officer

Gregor Schleussner appointed new Chief Financial and Chief Human Resources Officer.

In March 2025, Heathrow Airport—Europe’s second-busiest air cargo hub—was brought to a standstill for almost 20 hours. A fire at a nearby electrical substation triggered a cascading power failure, disabling cargo handling systems, warehouse refrigeration, customs clearance, and freighter operations across Terminals 3 and 4. Commercial passenger traffic struggled to continue on backup systems, while cargo operations came to a complete halt.

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The strategic role of airports in the supply chain

Airports are now critical to global supply chains — a reality underscored by the recent cargo closure at Heathrow.

LATAM Cargo Group and its subsidiaries have announced a significant capacity expansion starting in October this year in response to the growing demand ****ween South America and Europe.

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LATAM Cargo to expand capacity ****ween South America and Europe

Group to increase freighter operations (Boeing 767F) to 15 weekly frequencies, representing a 25% increase in capacity.

Qatar Airways Cargo has been announced as the launch customer for the Mammoth Freighters 777- 200LRMF. The airline has finalised a deal with Texas-based Jetran, LLC, an aviation services and aircraft leasing company, for five of the converted freighters.

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Qatar Airways Cargo named launch customer for Mammoth 777-200LRMF

The airline has finalised a deal with Jetran for five freighters, while the prototype freighter, registered N705DN, successfully completed its first test flight.

Preliminary air cargo figures for April indicate that worldwide tonnages for the month were up by six percent year on year (YoY), driven by a +10 percent YoY increase from Asia Pacific origins as U.S. importers adjust to big changes in China-US trade rules.

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Air cargo tonnages up +6% in April on Asia Pacific push

Overall worldwide rates in April of $2.43 per kilo were stable compared with the previous month and the previous year.