Digging The Cool l to r: Jörg Bodenröder Senior-Director of Handling Special Products, Sören Stark, Board Member Operations, Karin Krestan, Head of Process & Operations, and Mohammad Ali Seiraffi, Vice President of Handling Frankfurt.

   “We will discuss the MD-11 rollover at the end of this year,” said Peter Gerber, Lufthansa Cargo CEO as he met the press in Frankfurt yesterday.
   Lufthansa said that it handled 1.6 million tons of cargo during 2016, a 0.7% decline.
   The carrier is dressing up around the edges of its Frankfurt cargo hub operations, adding rather than replacing the entire hub, as once planned.
   Most recently, LCAG kicked off the development of the Cool Center at the gateway.
   Moving forward into 2017, cost cutting still heads up the agenda as the Lufthansa Cargo C40 program aims to reduce costs by €80million and cargo employees by an additional 800.
   Word up from Gerber, that the carrier plans a “back to black” year for 2018.