Lufthansa’s freight division, Lufthansa Cargo has announced in its winter schedule for this year that it will be launching a brand new connection between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Ho Chi Minh City (SGN). This will mark the first time that the airline is connecting Asia with the United States. Lufthansa Cargo is the freight subsidiary of the German flag carrier Lufthansa.
The airline only operates the Boeing 777F, having retired its last MD-11 in 2021. The airline has an outstanding order for Boeing's new 777X freighter. (Featured image: Tom Boon - Simple Flying) Flight details The airline says that its new Asia-US connection will provide cargo customers “an even faster, high-quality connection between the two continents.
” The airline says that it will operate a weekly Boeing 777F service on the transpacific route. This is but a leg of an overall routing that will see the service return to Lufthansa Cargo’s hub in Frankfurt after its arrival in the City of Angels. The new route is a testament to the airline’s objective to enable global business through long-term growth in “a dynamic market environment.
” Lufthansa Cargo’s CEO, Ashwin Bhat said: "Lufthansa Cargo is constantly reviewing all possibilities to offer its customers seamless, high-quality connections and to enable global business even more efficiently and sustainably. With a comprehensive review of our existing schedule and network, we have been able to optimize our rotations. In the f.