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DHL Global Forwarding honored as top customer
Lufthansa Cargo has presented the “Planet Award of Excellence” for the 2017 business year
Lufthansa Cargo presented the “Planet Award of Excellence” to DHL Global Forwarding in Frankfurt, Hesse, on Thursday. The air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group based in Bonn has thus won the award for the fifth time – a top value in the history of the prize.
“With DHL Global Forwarding we combine a highly professional cooperation at all levels, which is characterized by mutual respect and trust. This is also reflected in the very strong growth over the last two years under intensive use of our special products. DHL Global Forwarding was also our top-selling customer worldwide - in the past business year and beyond,” said Dr. Alexis von Hoensbroech, Member of the Executive Board responsible for Product and Sales at Lufthansa Cargo, explaining the decision.
The award was presented to Tobias Meyer, COO DHL Global Forwarding. “We are very pleased to receive this award again. Our customers in particular benefit from the excellent cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo, which has been outstanding for many years. And that in turn contributes sustainably to our joint success,” Tobias Meyer said.
Lufthansa Cargo's Global Partnership Program is a central platform for the sustainable growth of Lufthansa Cargo and its largest customers. The eleven Global Partners, which in addition to DHL Global Forwarding also include CEVA, Dachser, DB Schenker, DHL Express, DSV, Expeditors, Hellmann, Kühne+Nagel, Panalpina and UPS, account for around half of Lufthansa Cargo's revenue. The Global Partner Council was now held for the 20th time and annually brings together the top managers of the world's leading freight forwarders with the Executive Board and management of Lufthansa Cargo at various locations. The “Planet Award of Excellence” has been presented by the Council since 2002.
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Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world’s leading air freight carriers. In the 2017 business year, the airline transported around 1.6 million tonnes of freight and mail and sold 8.9 billion revenue tonne- kilometres. The company currently employs about 4,500 people worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves around 300 destinations in more than 100 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of passenger aircraft operated by Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Eurowings, and an extensive road feeder service network. The bulk of the cargo business is routed through Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly owned Lufthansa subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
