ACU-JULY-2020 4th Draft

G LOBAL N EWS
Turkish Cargo ups market
share by carrying 1 out of 20 air cargo in May
ISTANBUL: Turkish Cargo increased its global air market share by
carrying 1 out of 20 air shipments in May and in June it operated
more than 1,100 flights.
According to World Air Cargo Data (WACD), a global leader in
cargo intelligence market reports, Turkey's national cargo carrier
increased its industry market share by 5% during the period while
the global air cargo market shrunk by 28.5% due to the impact of
the Coronavirus pandemic.
Turkish Cargo, which has obtained the "CEIV Pharma" certificate
after undergoing international training, assessment and
validation process set forth by the International Air Transport
Association (IATA), said it carried 21,547 tons of medicine and
about 7,000 medical equipment between February 1 through
June 30.
In June alone, the freight carrier operated more than 1100 flights,
utilizing both its freighters and Turkish Airline passenger planes.
Despite the pandemic, Turkish Cargo remained in operations
providing services to 90 direct cargo destinations, carrying vital
medical supplies and essential goods to help people, businesses
and countries fight the pandemic.
Acting as a global air bridge to ensure the uninterrupted
shipment of goods in the international supply chain, Turkish
Cargo made use of 32 wide-body airliners during such operations
while it has performed air cargo operations to more than 60
destinations, including London, Moscow, Oslo, Shanghai,
Bangkok, Doha, New York and Casablanca, by utilizing the widebody
passenger planes of Turkish Airlines, its master brand.
Turkish Cargo continues says it continues to operate devotedly on
a 24/7 basis to transport food, aid materials, masks, medicines, as
well as medical supplies and equipment all over the world without
compromising the health of its staff who observe strict health and
hygiene protocols in carrying out their duties.
Fiege to take over
freight handling at Lufthansa
Cargo Center
FRANKFURT: Fiege Air Cargo Logistics GmbH & Co. KG (FACL) has
begun taking over the physical freight handling at the Lufthansa
Cargo Center (LCC) as part of the process to hand it over the
operative handling and coordination of inbound and outbound
standard shipments at LCC in several phases until mid-2021.
Lufthansa Cargo, however, noted the planning and control of the
cargo processes as well as the overall responsibility for it remain
under its jurisdiction. It added the physical cargo handling
processes in the LCC had already been largely outsourced to
various external service providers for many years.
“Our future partner contributes additional expertise in the area of
digitalization as well as efficient design and implementation of
warehouse processes. At the same time, the new cooperation
model will reduce the number of direct interfaces for Lufthansa
Cargo, enabling us to make optimum use of the advantages of
digitization. FACL will be an important partner for us in all aspects
of physical handling at the Frankfurt hub,” explains Dr.
Mohammad Ali Seiraffi, Lufthansa Cargo Vice President Handling
From left—Felix Scherberich, CEO Fiege Air Cargo Logistics; Dr.
Mohammad Ali Seiraffi, Lufthansa Cargo Vice President Handling
Frankfurt, and; Gunnar Loehr, Lufthansa Cargo Senior Director Supply
Management & Infrastructure. Supplied
Frankfurt and Head of the LCC.
In the course of digitalization, the process landscape in LCC was
standardized across the board and consistently aligned with the
material flow.
"We look forward to contributing our expertise in digitization to
the Lufthansa Cargo Center as part of a long-term cooperation.
We will help to further enhance the operational quality and
synchronize the logistics processes in ground handling with the
modernized IT infrastructure of the LCC,” said Felix Scherberich,
Managing Director at Fiege.