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Lufthansa Cargo honors Kuehne+Nagel with the "Excellence Award 2022" in Madrid
- Recognition of successful cooperation worldwide and commitment to digitalization and sustainability initiatives
During this year's Global Partner Council (GPC), Lufthansa Cargo honored the international logistics and transport company Kuehne+Nagel with the "Excellence Award 2022". It is the 25th time that a partner has been honored with this award. The Global Partner Council is an annual industry gathering hosted by Lufthansa Cargo and took place in Madrid this year.
Lufthansa Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel have a long-standing and trusting cooperation in freight business, both within Europe and worldwide. For many years, Lufthansa Cargo has been cooperating with Kuehne+Nagel to ensure professional transport of urgent, valuable and temperature-sensitive goods for its customers. The two transport companies also work closely together to effectively promote digitization and sustainability initiatives in the air freight industry. For example, in recent months 100 per cent transportation of paperless shipments on individual Asian routes could be realized and also the promotion and use of power-to-liquid aviation fuel. In addition, Kuehne+Nagel supports the utilization of Lufthansa Cargo’s A321 freighters in the short- and medium-haul segment.
"I am very pleased to present our Global Partner Kuehne+Nagel with the Excellence Award 2022. Our strong partnership at all levels of the organization provided market opportunities and room for new industry-leading ideas. Together, we were able to expand our market positioning and thus also offer our customers added value in service", highlights Ashwin Bhat, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo.
Holger Ketz, Senior Vice President Global Air Logistics Network & Carrier Management at Kuehne+Nagel, accepted the award in Madrid. "We are very pleased to receive this award in recognition of our long-standing and close partnership between Kuehne+Nagel and Lufthansa Cargo. This is also an appreciation of our successes in the field of digitalization and in the joint development and use of synthetic fuels as part of our Power-to-Liquid project. But in particular, it underscores our long-standing and extremely successful cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo in our home market of Germany, on the basis of which we will further intensify our global collaboration with Lufthansa Cargo," said Holger Ketz.
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Lufthansa Cargo AG
With revenue of 4.6 billion euros and a transport performance of 7.2 billion freight ton kilometers in 2022, Lufthansa Cargo is one of the world's leading companies in the transport of airfreight. The company currently employs around 4,100 people worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo's focus is on the airport-to-airport business. The route network covers around 300 destinations in more than 100 countries, using both freighter aircraft and cargo capacity from passenger aircraft operated by Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings Discover and SunExpress, as well as trucks. The majority of the cargo business is handled via Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa Cargo is pursuing the goal of becoming the world's most environmentally friendly cargo airline. To achieve this, the company relies on state-of-the-art technologies and constant investments in the area of sustainability. In 2022, important milestones were reached, such as the investment in the continuous expansion of the B777F fleet, the expansion of short- and medium-haul networks with A321 freighters, and the continuation of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel program. In 2023, Lufthansa Cargo plans to successively equip its B777F fleet with Sharkskin technology, implement further digital services and contribute to reducing CO2 emissions through sustainable logistics solutions. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and the specialist for the logistics business of the Lufthansa Group.
About Kuehne+Nagel
With over 79,000 employees at almost 1,300 sites in close to 100 countries, the Kuehne+Nagel Group is one of the world's leading logistics providers. Headquartered in Switzerland, Kuehne+Nagel is listed in the Swiss blue-chip stock market index, the SMI. The Group is the global number 1 in air and sea logistics and has strong market positions in road and contract logistics.
Kuehne+Nagel is the logistics partner of choice for 400,000 customers worldwide. Using its global network, logistics expertise and data-based insights, the Group provides end-to-end supply chain solutions for global companies and industries. As a member of the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi), Kuehne+Nagel is committed to sustainable logistics by reducing its own environmental footprint and by supporting its customers with low-carbon logistics solutions.
