DHL and Lufthansa launch low-emissions air freight

DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo are launching their joint venture cargo airline, AeroLogic. The airline will provide air transport services for the Europe-Asia trade lane, covering Leipzig, Bahrain, Singapore and Delhi during the week, and Leipzig, Hong Kong and Tashkent on the weekends. Aerologic will use four Boeing 777F aircrafts, which the firm claims have lower fuel consumption and noise levels when compared to other planes of the same size.

"We are making available to our customers the most efficient air freight capacity in the market, while at the same time proving that we are serious about our continued commitment to improving the group’s environmental footprint, in line with our GoGreen strategy and the announced 30% carbon efficiency improvement target by 2020" says Deutsche Post DHL CEO,Frank Appel.