Lufthansa Cargo will begin marketing and managing ITA Airways' freight routes from Delhi (DEL), Tokyo-Haneda (HND), and Bangkok (BKK) to Rome-Fiumicino (FCO) under the Lufthansa Cargo AWB prefix starting September 1, 2025.
Anand Kulkarni, head of global markets at Lufthansa Cargo, said the service will offer additional capacity from Asia to Europe on the three routes.
"The cooperation with ITA Airways got off to a successful start in June, and we are excited to take the next step together. Our newest hub in Rome is a particularly important addition to our network, enabling us to offer even faster and more reliable connections to Europe and worldwide; truly emphasizing our purpose, enabling global business," Kulkarni added.
[Source: Lufthansa Cargo]
Lufthansa Cargo has been marketing ITA Airways' belly capacities on routes from South America to Rome since May this year.
The first flights under the new cooperation took place in June.
Lufthansa Cargo noted that, subject to regulatory approval, the cooperation will be gradually expanded to all ITA Airways' continental and intercontinental routes — this will increase the global offer of belly capacities available to Lufthansa Cargo customers by almost 20%.
In the future, freight customers will thus have access to an even broader global network, including the belly capacities marketed within the Lufthansa Group, connecting all major economic centres in Europe and around the world.
Lufthansa Cargo is part of Europe's largest airline group. Through its five cargo hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, Vienna, and Rome, the airfreight carrier transports an average of 2,500 tons of freight per day based on its airport-to-airport network that covers some 350 destinations in more than 100 countries.
Lufthansa Cargo markets the cargo capacities of the passenger aircraft of Lufthansa Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines, ITA Airways, and SunExpress, as well as its own freighter fleet of 18 Boeing 777F and four Airbus A321F.
In addition, some 300 trucks operate daily under a Lufthansa Cargo flight number. In 2024, the company transported 8.5 billion freight tonne-kilometers.
