News / Lufthansa Cargo 'pauses' capacity guarantee as demand for space gets 'tense'

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As the air freight market reheats after a fortnight’s lull, Lufthansa Cargo has blamed a high volume of cargo for its decision to “pause” its capacity guarantee.

It told customers that, “due to tense capacity availability, we are forced to pause the capacity guarantee of all speed options for continental flights out of Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Brussels”.

The “pause” started last week and will last until the end of February.

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