DB Schenker and Cargolux announced a new full charter cargo connection between Luxembourg and Indianapolis in the US starting in January 2021.

In a statement, Cargolux said with weekly departures on a Boeing 747 freighter DB Schenker will make Cargolux’s experience in the handling of pharmaceutical and healthcare goods available for its customers in Europe and Northern America.

By partnering with the leading provider of transportation services for pharmaceutical and healthcare products and the airline that was, in 2014, the first to be GDP certified, DB Schenker said it "reaches a milestone" in setting up its new healthcare service portfolio DB SCHENKERlife+.

“Our new product portfolio DB SCHENKERlife+ offers exceptional quality, unconditional security and fully reliable logistics services. The cooperation with Cargolux expands the foundation for our robust global GDP program and customized services as air track, 24/7 monitoring, packaging supplies or telemetric devices. In such volatile times DB SCHENKERlife+ thus provides urgently needed transparency and predictability,” said Veronique Dameme, head of global vertical Market Healthcare at DB Schenker.

Meanwhile, Cargolux noted that it is also pleased to launch this new weekly charter service in collaboration with DB Schenker.

Domenico Ceci, Cargolux’s executive vice-president Sales & Marketing said “both companies have enjoyed a fruitful and mutually beneficial partnership on this lane over the past 15 years and we are happy to expand on this success.”