Hermes Transport Logistics (HTL) is increasing cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo by flying its Asianimports to Germany on AeroLogic flights to Leipzig/Halle airport and also using the airline for
handling and onward transportation.Since the beginning of August Lufthansa Cargo has been responsible for handling the logisticsof all incoming HTL shipments at Leipzig and also for arranging and loading the truck transports tothe Hermes bases at Haldensleben, near Magdeburg, and Altenkunstadt, north of Nuremberg.
In future, the freight will be flown direct to Leipzig/Halle by Boeing 777 freighters in thefleet of Lufthansa Cargo’s AeroLogic joint venture or be trucked by road from Frankfurt to theHermes bases. HTL, the Otto Group’s freight forwarding unit, imports more than 14,000 tonnes ofairfreight to Germany annually, principally from the Far East. The shipments consist largely oftextiles.
The use of the low-emission Boeing 777, the extended network, high cost-efficiency and a hostof synergy effects convinced Hermes to intensify the partnership, Lufthansa Cargo vice presidentHandling Germany, Mohammad Ali Seiraffi, explained.
“Shorter transit time for shipments and the environmental benefits resulting, among others,from fewer road service transports within Germany are major competitive gains for Hermes TransportLogistics. We are delighted to cooperate with Lufthansa Cargo at our most important distributioncentre in Germany,” commented Eckhardt Fechtner, General Manager Hermes Transport Logistics.
