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Lufthansa Cargo Provides Cargo Management for Croatia Airlines - "We are happy to continue our cooperation with Croatia Airlines and to reach even more synergies with our Lufthansa Cargo network..."

Frankfurt, 15 September 2009 -- Lufthansa Cargo and the national Croatian carrier Croatia Airlines (OU) have decided to continue their successful cooperation that started already in January 2007. Effective September 15th, 2009, the Cargo Management of Croatia Airlines flights to Croatia, e.g. Handling, Sales and Accounting, will be provided by Lufthansa Cargo􀁧s local offices.

Lufthansa Cargo will be responsible for flights from Germany and Europe to Croatia, while Croatia Airlines will continue marketing their flights out of Croatia themselves. Shipments marketed by Lufthansa Cargo will be booked and handled as Lufthansa Cargo-shipments. Croatia Airlines offers flights from Zagreb to/from various German and European cities like Frankfurt, Munich, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Brussels, Paris and London.

We are happy to continue our cooperation with Croatia Airlines and to reach even more synergies with our Lufthansa Cargo network by offering our worldwide sales offices additional capacities to Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik and from there to cities like Pristina, Skopje and Sarajevo, J. Florian Pfaff, Area Manager Europe/Africa of Lufthansa Cargo, says. Boris Kolka, Sales Director of Croatia Airlines, adds -- I am looking forward to our cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo that will make Croatia as a cargo destination more easily accessible to our clients all over the world.

Lufthansa Cargo AG

Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world􀁧s leading cargo carriers. In the 2008 financial year, the airline transported around 1.70 million tonnes of freight and mail and clocked up 8.3 billion revenue tonnekilometres.

The company currently employs about 4,600 people, worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves some 300 destinations in 90 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of Lufthansa􀁧s passenger aircraft and an extensive road services network. The bulk of the freight transported by Lufthansa Cargo is trans-shipped through Frankfurt. Lufthansa Cargo is a wholly-owned Lufthansa subsidiary. In the 2008 financial year, it posted revenues totalling 2.9 billion euros.

For more information contact:

Stefan Hartung
Manager Communications
Lufthansa Cargo AG
Communications, FRA F/CI
Gate 25, Building 451e, Room 3588
D-60546 Frankfurt am Main
Tel. : +49 (0) 69 696 95447
Fax : +49 (0) 69 696 98 95447
E-Mail: stefan.hartung@dlh.de

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