News / Lufthansa Cargo and DB Schenker make history as the first 777F goes green

Peter Gerber of LH Cargo (left) and DB Schenker's Jochen Thewes

Freighters have now joined the green revolution, in Germany anyway, with the first 777F set to make a CO2-neutral flight.

Lufthansa Cargo will operate a flight between Frankfurt and Shanghai on Sunday using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both legs.

The flight is operated in partnership with DB Schenker, which agreed this month with Lufthansa to exchange views on environmental issues and jointly promote them. The flight will carry goods for Siemens Healthineers, among other companies.

Lufthansa explained: “SAF refers to sustainable, synthetic ...