Lufthansa to trial lighter cargo containers
"Lufthansa Cargo and Jettainer have begun testing lighter air cargo containers, in a drive to reduce costs.
The pilot scheme will run until autumn 2009 and will trial 1,000 containers, made by four seperate manufacturers, on Lufthansa’s global network.
Jettainer’s MD Alexander Plümacher said: “International aviation has used conventional aluminium containers for the transport of cargo and baggage for many decades.
"With the introduction of new lightweight containers made of composite materials, the global airline industry can reckon to deliver annual fuel savings in the upper double-digit million range,” he went on to say."