As part of its response to addressing the COVID-19 crisis, Munich Airport is currently welcoming two special daily flights carrying protective equipment from China.
Operated by Lufthansa using Airbus A350 long-range jetliners, the special daily cargo flights from Beijing and Shanghai are primarily loaded with masks that are urgently needed in the Bavarian capital. Employees of the airport’s ground handling subsidiary AeroGround have been tasked with unloading the cargo loads, which are then transported to their final destinations by freight forwarding companies contracted by the federal government.
Lufthansa is operating similar missions with six Airbus A330 planes based in Frankfurt. The airline’s additional daily cargo flights using passenger jets are expected to continue until at least mid-May.
