On the back of 30 years of experience in the transportation of jumpers, dressage horses and racehorses, Lufthansa Cargo has announced it will by a Premium Partner of the German Equestrian Federation (FN), the umbrella organisation of all breeders, riders, drivers and vaulters in Germany. The partnership is for a longer-term cooperation and, from now onwards, will cover joint marketing activities, projects and synergies connected with equestrian sport.
“For us, the new partnership with the Equestrian Federation is also a way of honouring our many years of expertise in horse transportation,” explains Alexis von Hoensbroech, board member product and sales at Lufthansa Cargo. “After all, the FN is the biggest equestrian sport association in the world. We are pleased to be bringing our extensive experience to the cooperation project and also providing a first-class service.”
Lufthansa Cargo can be relied on as the leading logistics partner for transporting horses, the carrier said, adding that the partnership between the German Equestrian Federation, Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa First Class strengthens the partners’ position in the high-end lifestyle segment, thus expanding the airline group’s premium offer.
All animal passengers travelling with Lufthansa Cargo are given a “perfect full service”, the carrier said noting this begins with appropriate housing in the many stables at the Frankfurt Airport gateway, and continues with transportation in special horse boxes developed together with breeders and vets on to intensive supervision by trained staff in the air and on the
ground. This ensures that the animals are given the best possible attention at all times, Lufthansa said.
With the Frankfurt Animal Lounge, Lufthansa Cargo also provides one of the most state-of-the-art animal care facilities at an airport anywhere in the world – a kind of “First Class Lounge” for animal passengers.
“Lufthansa has always been a top-class airline company which, whenever necessary, takes us safely and comfortably to anywhere imaginable in the world,” said FN secretary general Soenke Lauterbach. “For top-class sport, Lufthansa has been an important partner for many years. We are all the more pleased that the German Equestrian Federation can now also benefit from an individual partnership with Lufthansa.”
The international name is Fédération Équestre Nationale, or FN for short. With a total of 689,941 members, the FN is the biggest equestrian sport association in the world.
