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Lufthansa Cargo and Avflight are upgrading cargo operations

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Avflight, together with Lufthansa Cargo, are moving operations onto the apron at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW).

With the recent move in August to on-airfield warehousing facility, the new location will allow for handling of international air cargo that allows for streamlined operations and shorter distances for loading and unloading aircraft. will offer customers improved product offerings and reduced handling times while benefiting from efficiency gains in its operation.

During the three-year planning phase for this major project, Cargo identified in a suitable local partner with ambitions to grow in the cargo business. With currently more than 500 tons of cargo handled per year on seven weekly passenger flights, multiple truck connections to Chicago (ORD) and ad-hoc services offered, Detroit is an important location for Lufthansa Cargo in the automotive-driven region of Michigan with potential for expansion.

The relocation of the so-called warehouse in direct proximity to the apron is a project with two phases. Beginning in August 2023, with Avflight's support, Lufthansa Cargo is operating out of a former aircraft hangar that was converted into a temporary cargo warehouse. The more direct location allows for shorter handling times and offers opportunities to meet the requirements of special cargo shipments, such as animals, valuable cargo and dangerous goods shipments, even more comprehensively.
In the second phase of the project, Lufthansa Cargo will support Avflight in designing a new cargo facility next to the existing structure, which the handling partner is under contract with the airport to construct. Working closely together, the two partners will efficiently, sustainably and attractively design the warehouse's infrastructure to meet the needs of air cargo customers, including those in the premium segment.

“Together with Avflight, we are creating an ideal basis with a future-oriented cargo location in Detroit to further position ourselves in the market as a reliable and professional partner for our cargo customers and thus actively implement the ‘enabling global business' idea from Michigan by investing in a modern infrastructure as well as cost- and time-efficient handling processes,” said Stephanie Abeler, and Head of Region Americas at Lufthansa Cargo.

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