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DEC 20, 2004 (newstodate): Lufthansa Cargo has responded promptly to the introduction of a German road toll, the Maut, from January 1, 2005.
From January 15, 2005, Lufthansa Cargo will add 0.02 euros per kilo of chargeable freight weight on shipments, which are not exported through the carrier's major hubs at Frankfurt, Munich and Cologne/Bonn airports.
The new charge thus applies to shipments that are not exported through these hubs only.
-The road toll to be levied on trucks in Germany will be severely felt at Lufthansa Cargo. It will appreciably increase the cargo carrier's costs of operating trucking services to and from German airports, the company says in a release.
-Lufthansa Cargo has built up a country-wide trucking service for airfreight shipments, since many of them within Germany cannot be transported by air. Road transport is often the sole possibility of getting those consignments swiftly and efficiently from decentral airports to the major hubs.
From January 15, 2005, Lufthansa Cargo will add 0.02 euros per kilo of chargeable freight weight on shipments, which are not exported through the carrier's major hubs at Frankfurt, Munich and Cologne/Bonn airports.
The new charge thus applies to shipments that are not exported through these hubs only.
-The road toll to be levied on trucks in Germany will be severely felt at Lufthansa Cargo. It will appreciably increase the cargo carrier's costs of operating trucking services to and from German airports, the company says in a release.
-Lufthansa Cargo has built up a country-wide trucking service for airfreight shipments, since many of them within Germany cannot be transported by air. Road transport is often the sole possibility of getting those consignments swiftly and efficiently from decentral airports to the major hubs.