Beginning with the summer timetable (27 March), Lufthansa Cargo will market the belly capacity of Eurowings’ long-haul flights and makes Eurowings the third passenger airline whose belly capacities are marketed by Lufthansa Cargo. The other two services previously available to customers were the Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines cargo holds which offer additional capacity beyond the substantial maindeck capacity of Lufthansa Cargo’s 17 freighters.

The addition of Eurowings will allow Europe’s leading cargo carrier to expand their network to include more destinations for their customers directly from Cologne/Bonn (CGN). This expansion will include routes to the Caribbean (Varadero, Cancun, Dominican Republic) and Thailand (Phuket, Bangkok).

With Eurowings, Lufthansa is establishing a secondary brand which will also offer intercontinental flights from Europe. Eurowings is already the leading point-to-point airline in its home markets Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium.

“By integrating Eurowings’ belly capacities, the services we provide our customers become all the more attractive”, says Alexis von Hoensbroech, board member of Lufthansa Cargo with responsibility for product & sales. “Eurowings’ growing network is an ideal complement to our previous connections.”

Oliver Wagner, CEO of Eurowings, added: “Lufthansa Cargo is the leading cargo airline in Europe and has extensive experience in marketing the belly capacities of passenger airlines. This collaboration will help us make optimum use of the cargo holds on our long-haul jets.”