Lufthansa Group is expanding its activities in Italy and as of 18th February 2009 Lufthansa Cargo will be adding freighter flights from Milan to New York and Chicago.
The twice weekly service from Milan-Malpensa Airport will be operated by an MD-11 freighter.
Lufthansa Cargo chairman Carsten Spohr, said: “Italy is Europe’s major airfreight market after Germany… The Lufthansa Cargo Group with Jade Cargo International is already connecting the Italian market with direct flights to industrial centres in Asia.”