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Lufthansa inches toward restart, seeks German government bailout

24 May 20208 May 2020

A white Lufthansa plane touches down on runway.

European airlines are beginning to see faint glimmers of economic sunlight and preparing to come out of their coronavirus hibernation.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG on Friday said group airlines Lufthansa, Eurowings and SWISS will collectively reactivate 80 aircraft for June, doubling the operational fleet size to serve a total of 106 destinations. IAG Group this week said it plans to ramp up passenger service in July on the expectation that travel restrictions will ease and more people will start...

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DB Schenker, Airbus innovations maximize cargo space in passenger jets

24 May 202030 April 2020

A big passenger plane gets loaded with cargo in the hold.

Logistics and aviation companies are proving extremely resourceful developing ways to add cargo capacity to an air transport system experiencing severe bottlenecks due to the shortage of freight-capable aircraft.

On Thursday, Germany logistics group DB Schenker announced it has created a virtual airline in partnership with Icelandair to shuttle medical supplies to Europe and the U.S. on passenger planes with seats removed. And giant aircraft manufacturer Airbus said it also has developed a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/db-schenker-airbus-innovations-maximize-cargo-space-in-passenger-jets

US-China tension casts shadow over Transport Logistic in Munich

4 June 2019

Germany is attempting to define itself as the world’s leading logistics country, as Transport Logistic in Munich kicked off this morning.
An impassioned speech by the Federal Minister of transport and digital infrastructure, Andreas Scheuer, launched the proceedings, calling for Germany to be “a little bit better” than other countries, with the environment and innovation at the heart of its thinking.
He said intelligent infrastructure was key to Germany’s Innovation Programme 2030, …

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