Lufthansa Cargo publishes winter flight schedule for 2025/2026

• ITA Airways' belly cargo capacity now available on all global routes, except for the USA and Canada
• Further expansion of belly capacities within the Lufthansa Group network
• Almaty (ALA) will be resumed in the freighter schedule

Lufthansa Cargo has published its winter 2025/2026 flight schedule and is once again focusing on stable global connections to offer freight customers reliable solutions. This is achieved not only with flexible transport solutions via its home hub in Frankfurt, but also with a wide range of routing options via its hubs in Munich, Vienna, Brussels and, since this summer, Rome-Fiumicino (FCO). Starting with the winter flight schedule, Lufthansa Cargo customers will benefit from an expanded range of services and greater flexibility. Thanks to the successful expansion of its cooperation with ITA Airways, Lufthansa Cargo will market almost all ITA Airways' belly capacities on continental and intercontinental routes under its own AWB number from the end of October — including those departing from Rome. Until regulatory approval routes to and from the United States and Canada are excluded. Thus, the successful cooperation launched in June is almost fully rolled out, offering Lufthansa Cargo customers an additional high-performance hub in southern Europe and perspectively almost 20 percent more capacity. This further strengthens Lufthansa Cargo's offering, making it the broadest network to, from and within Europe, as well as to destinations worldwide. The cargo airline is thus setting new standards in connectivity for its customers.

Further frequency increases and new destinations in Lufthansa Group's winter flight schedule will strengthen the global range of belly capacities even further. This winter, Austrian Airlines will expand its service from Vienna (VIE) to Bangkok (BKK), offering up to two daily connections. Brussels Airlines is expanding its network to African destinations including Lomé (LFW, Togo), Dakar (DSS, Senegal), Conakry (CKY, Guinea), Monrovia (ROB, Liberia), Accra (ACC, Ghana) and Freetown (FNA, Sierra Leone), offering additional weekly connections. New to Lufthansa Group's flight schedule is Discover Airlines' connection from Frankfurt (FRA) to the Seychelles (SEZ).

Lufthansa Cargo continues to offer its customers fast connections to almost all economic markets worldwide with a stable B777 freighter schedule offering up to 87 weekly rotations to a total of 36 destinations. Almaty (ALA) will again be added to the range of cargo destinations in Central Asia this winter. The transpacific flight from Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) to Los Angeles (LAX) will now have a stopover in Shanghai (PVG). This means that customers will be able to send cargo directly from Shanghai to North America. This additional connection is already available to be booked ahead of the launch of the winter flight schedule from the end of August. Freight customers now have access to up to 50 weekly frequencies to the Asia-Pacific region, with services to 17 destinations in Asia. The carrier also offers reliable transport solutions within the American economic area, providing 28 weekly services to eleven North American destinations and four weekly services to four South American destinations. In particular, the carrier's home market in Europe, as well as the Middle East and Africa, benefits from its own A321F fleet. This winter, customers can book up to 37 weekly flights to 20 destinations from the Frankfurt and Munich hubs for fast transport on short- and medium-haul routes. The A321F network was recently further strengthened by the opening of the cargo station in Beirut (BEY) at the beginning of July.

“Our winter flight schedule clearly demonstrates that ‘Enabling Global Business’ is not just our purpose, but something we embody every day at Lufthansa Cargo. By marketing additional belly capacities from ITA Airways and strengthening our belly network, as well as offering an even broader freighter flight schedule, we can provide our customers with more connections than before. Nevertheless, we continue to review our network on an ongoing basis, remaining in close dialogue with our customers so that we can continue to provide flexible and reliable transport solutions and respond to changing trade flows," says Ashwin Bhat, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo.

The 2025/2026 winter flight schedule will come into effect on 26 October 2025 and will be available to book from 5 October. Alongside its own freighter services to 53 destinations, Lufthansa Cargo also markets additional capacity of up to 7,500 flights per week to over 350 destinations, operated by Lufthansa Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines, ITA Airways and SunExpress.