Lufthansa Cargo has expanded its presence in the Japanese market by adding two weekly freighters to Osaka.

According to Lufthansa, the new flight is operated on Wednesdays and Fridays with an MD-11F and is routed via Novosibirsk.

“These new flights to Osaka are strengthening our position in Japan,” said Frank Naeve, vice president of Asia-Pacific at Lufthansa Cargo. “It is a further investment into the very important Japanese air freight market.”

The first flight from Osaka took off with approximately 90 tonnes of cargo on board.

The new flight adds to the carrier’s existing daily Boeing 777F flight to Tokyo Narita, as well as Lufthansa’s passenger services to Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo Haneda. Lufthansa Cargo also cooperates with Japanese carrier ANA Cargo.

“We are proud to have long-standing connections with customers in the Japanese air cargo industry since 1969,” said Alexis von Hoensbroech, chief commercial officer at Lufthansa Cargo. “Our aim is to build on this and expand into the future.”

The schedule for the new flight is as follows.