Lufthansa Cargo to double its fleet of A321 Freighters

Lufthansa will take delivery of a second Airbus A321-200P2F converted freighter in October. The aircraft (msn 1988, D-AEUA), is currently in the final stages of its conversion at Singapore-Seletar. The ex-Laudamotion Airbus will join the sole Airbus A321-200P2F currently flying for Lufthansa Cargo, msn 3504, with registration D-AEUC (also a former Laudamotion one), which entered service already last March. Both aircraft will be based at Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt hub and are operated by Lufthansa's regional subsidiary Lufthansa CityLine under a wet-lease agreement.

Lufthansa Cargo plans to double its narrowbody freighter fleet and grow to four A321-200P2Fs, as it will lease two additional A321-freighters from San Francisco-based BBAM. These two aircraft are currently scheduled to join Lufthansa Cargo's fleet in the first half of 2023.

Lufthansa Cargo operates the A321-200P2F to destinations like Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Malta, Cairo, Tunis, Manchester and Dublin. With the additional A321-freighters it hopes to expand its European network with destinations like Madrid, Birmingham and London, while Istanbul and Tel Aviv will see additional frequencies. Until recently, Lufthansa Cargo only operated wide body long-haul freighters.