News / Lufthansa and United confirm partnership talks on creation of transatlantic cargo network

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Lufthansa has followed up the recent expansion of its partnership agreement with Japanese carrier ANA with an announcement that it has entered into similar negotiations with United Airlines to develop a new transatlantic agreement.

In a joint statement today, the companies said they planned to “enhance their current cooperation to include cargo cooperation by United Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo on routes between the US and Europe”.

They said a number of cooperation possibilities were under discussion, including “an alignment of information technology ...