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Aug 05, 2015 (newstodate): With effect from October 25, 2015, Lufthansa Cargo and Swiss WorldCargo will introduce a new pricing system.
Instead of the current calculations of airfreight rate and a variety of surcharges, the two carriers will offer a structure comprising a cargo net rate and an airfreight surcharge, with the latter to replace the current security, fuel and other surcharges.
As the new airfreight surcharge will be much lower than the total amount of the current surcharges, the net rates will be re-aligned so that overall prices of transportation will remain at current levels.
-We have listened to our customers. The net rate will be considerably more important, and we will be able to significantly reduce special processes, such as negative rates, with the lower airfreight surcharge. That cuts down on complexity and makes us faster, says Alexis von Hoensbroech, Lufthansa Cargo Board Member Product and Sales, in a statement.
So despite the value-adding words "considerably" and "significantly", the new rate structure is not intended to actually lower the costs of air transportation.
Instead of the current calculations of airfreight rate and a variety of surcharges, the two carriers will offer a structure comprising a cargo net rate and an airfreight surcharge, with the latter to replace the current security, fuel and other surcharges.
As the new airfreight surcharge will be much lower than the total amount of the current surcharges, the net rates will be re-aligned so that overall prices of transportation will remain at current levels.
-We have listened to our customers. The net rate will be considerably more important, and we will be able to significantly reduce special processes, such as negative rates, with the lower airfreight surcharge. That cuts down on complexity and makes us faster, says Alexis von Hoensbroech, Lufthansa Cargo Board Member Product and Sales, in a statement.
So despite the value-adding words "considerably" and "significantly", the new rate structure is not intended to actually lower the costs of air transportation.