Lufthansa Cargo adds B777 freighter to its Atlanta-Frankfurt service

GERMANY`s Lufthansa Cargo has added a new Boeing 777 freighter to its weekly cargo service between Atlanta and Frankfurt, after the plane embarked on its maiden voyage out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport earlier this month.
The Boeing 777 is operated by AeroLogic GmbH, a joint company owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG`s cargo unit and Deutsche Post DHL`s express unit.
The impact of the new aircraft on Lufthansa`s overall cargo volume in Atlanta will be modest, according to comments made by Lufthansa Cargo spokesman Nils Haupt, reports GlobalAtlanta.
It noted that Lufthansa Cargo already operates four MD-11 freighters from Atlanta each week and Lufthansa carries cargo on its daily passenger flight to Frankfurt.
The main benefits of deploying the Boeing 777 freighter are size and fuel efficiency as it is seven feet longer than the older MD-11 freighter and, as such, can carry an extra eight tons of air freight using less fuel. It can also handle items too large for the MD-11, according to Mr Haupt.
"A couple of the items that we have identified in the market for transporting [from Atlanta] are generators and larger aircraft engines that currently do not fit on the MD-11," he was quoted as saying.
AeroLogic is said to currently operate the world`s largest fleet of Boeing 777 freighters as it took delivery of four of this aircraft type in 2009 and is scheduled to take delivery of another four this year.