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Lufthansa Cargo to Market ITA Airways’ Cargo Capacity, Adds Rome as Fifth Hub

From June 2025, Lufthansa Cargo will start marketing the cargo capacities on ITA Airways’ routes.  With the integration of Rome Fiumicino (FCO) as their cargo hub in Southern Europe, Lufthansa Cargo is adding more routes, capacity and destinations.


Lufthansa Cargo Will Start Marketing the Cargo Capacities on ITA Airways’ Routes – Courtesy Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo Will Start Marketing the Cargo Capacities on ITA Airways’ Routes – Courtesy Lufthansa Cargo

On Monday (May 19, 2025), Lufthansa Cargo announced that starting June 2025, Lufthansa Cargo will start marketing the cargo capacities on ITA Airways’ routes.  Rome Fiumicino (FCO)  will also become Lufthansa Cargo’s hub in Southern Europe, and the carrier will add more routes, capacity and destinations to their extensive global network. For flights starting from June 16, 2025, Lufthansa Cargo will start marketing ITA’s cargo capacity under their own AWB prefix from São Paulo (GRU), Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Buenos Aires (EZE) to Rome. Initially, each carrier will continue to operate under two separate AWB numbers on all other routes.  Following regulatory approvals, Lufthansa Cargo will gradually take over the marketing of the Italian carrier’s belly capacities on all continental and intercontinental routes under their own AWB prefix.


In Monday’s announcement, Lufthansa Cargo’s CEO, Ashwin Bhat, said,


“Along with our partner ITA Airways, we are excited to offer our customers even more attractive routes, additional capacities and solutions to and from Europe as well as worldwide to meet their transportation needs.  The extended network further reinforces Lufthansa Cargo’s purpose of enabling global business.  In addition to Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Brussels, Rome will be our 5th hub that will help us offer flexible and quality solutions to our customers.  Our customers will benefit from even more reliable, faster connections to and from Southern Europe and avail the known Lufthansa Cargo solutions and services via Rome.”


ITA Airways’ General Manager, Joerg Eberhart, added,


“We are excited to dive into the synergies with the Lufthansa Group in the cargo sector.  Thanks to the extensive Lufthansa Group fleet, combined with ITA Airways capacity, our customers will benefit from an enhanced service and a broader network, leveraging the destinations offered by the Group and exploiting the high potential of Fiumicino, our hub.”


ITA Airways has officially been part of the Lufthansa Group since the beginning of this year.  Initially, the Group acquired a 41 percent stake in the Italian carrier, with the aim of acquiring further shares.  Currently, ITA Airways’ fleet totals 99 aircraft, including 22 long-haul Airbus A350-900s, A330-900neos, and A330-200s, serving approximately 70 destinations worldwide. 



Source: ITA Airways

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