Lufthansa: Weather situation in Frankfurt is improving
23-Dec-2010 The weather situation at Frankfurt Airport is improving increasingly. Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo have returned to mostly normal flight operations.
Cargo will be transported again on short- and medium-haul Lufthansa passenger flights from Frankfurt with immediate effect:
* Long-haul Lufthansa passenger flights from Frankfurt and all freighter connections are transporting cargo.
* Effective from 25 December 2010 bookings transported short- and medium-haul Lufthansa passenger flights will be accepted again.
* Normal acceptance of consignments at Frankfurt Airport is possible from 27 December 2010 at 13:00 hours local.
* To overcome the shipment backlog in Frankfurt, Lufthansa Cargo is planning extra sections in the upcoming days.
The immense shipment backlog at Frankfurt might still cause interferences. Due to this Lufthansa Cargo is obliged to prolong the following restrictions:
* Up to and including 24 December, 23.59 hours UTC, no more cargo will be transported on short- and medium-haul Lufthansa passenger flights into Frankfurt. Transport, wherever possible, will be by Road Feeder Service. Shipments with final destination Frankfurt are excluded from this exception.
* Up to and including 23 December, 23.59 hours UTC, no freight will be transported into Frankfurt on long-haul Lufthansa passenger flights. Shipments with final destination Frankfurt, booked and confirmed BUP are not effected by this restriction. SMU (Shipper mixed units) are excluded from this exception.
* The immense shipment backlog in Frankfurt is making it very difficult e.g. to prioritise the extraction of single shipments and additionally to extract cargo from built-up units.
Furthermore following restrictions are still obliged for the cargo delivery at Frankfurt Airport:
* Since warehousing space in Frankfurt is completely full, only export shipments scheduled for departure within 24 hours will be accepted. BUPs must not be delivered until a maximum of 12 hours prior to departure. On Christmas Eve shipments with departure 27 December 2010 are accepted until 17.00 hours local. Only shipments with a confirmed booking will be accepted.
* Due to various rebookings, please check the status of your booking in the TrackIT-System before the delivery of your shipments at Frankfurt Airport.
Lufthansa Cargo freighters will continue flying cargo - also to Frankfurt - largely without restrictions. But freighter flights as well are subject to delays and in isolated cases, to cancellations because of the weather.
The following flights had to be cancelled:
LH8394/23DEC FRA-KJA-PVG
LH8395/23DEC PVG-KJA-FRA
The status of shipments is available any time in the TrackIT-System. Shipments affected by flight cancellations will be loaded onto the next possible connection.
Lufthansa Cargo deeply regrets any inconvenience caused by delays and cancellations. Staff at all stations, worldwide, are doing their very utmost to keep inconvenience to customers to the minimum possible.