Hinduja Cargo Services

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Hinduja Cargo Services

IATA	ICAO	Call sign
LF	LCI	LUFTHANSA INDIA

Founded

April 1996

Ceased operations

August 2000

Hubs

Indira Gandhi International Airport

Fleet size

Parent company

Hinduja Group (60%)
Lufthansa Cargo (40%)

Headquarters

New Delhi, India

Hinduja Cargo Services (legally Lufthansa Cargo India PVT. Limited) was a cargo airline based in New Delhi, India.^[1] It was a joint venture between the Hinduja Group and German airline Lufthansa Cargo. The company operated a fleet of Boeing 727 freighters, flying from airports in the Indian subcontinent to feed Lufthansa Cargo's hub in the Middle East.

History

Before 1996, Lufthansa Cargo was operating Douglas DC-8 aircraft between Germany and several Indian cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, as well as a cargo hub at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. To increase capacity, Hinduja Cargo Services was formed in April 1996 through a partnership with the Hinduja Group; Hinduja owned a 60% share, with Lufthansa taking the remaining 40%. Two Boeing 727-200F freighters were acquired to replace the DC-8 routes, rising to five aircraft in October 1996.

Lufthansa Cargo suspended its agreement with the Hinduja Group in April 2000, citing higher-than-expected demand which could be better met with direct flights from Frankfurt.^[2] The airline was consequently closed by Hinduja in 2001.^[3]

Accident

On 7 July 1999, a Boeing 727-243F operating as Lufthansa Cargo Flight 8533 crashed into a hill after takeoff from Kathmandu, Nepal. All five crew died in the crash.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Hinduja Cargo Services". ch-aviation. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "Lufthansa Cargo drops Hinduja link". FlightGlobal. 4 April 2000. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "Hindujas revive interest in aviation business". The Times of India. 15 August 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "ASN Aircraft incident Boeing 727-243F VT-LCI Kathmandu". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "No survivors in Nepal plane crash". BBC News. 8 July 1999. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

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