Lufthansa Cargo Charter's satellite office in Madrid was the first broker to contract Girjet's B747-200 freighter for a long haul charter flight from Vitoria to Lima / Peru.

Due to the complexity of the machinery and its associated pieces that needed to be transported to Peru urgently, the newly acquired Girjet B747-200F 'nose door' based in Spain was the perfect choice for Braden Brush of Lufthansa Cargo Charter's Spain office and this customer.

With some of the pieces being as long as 15 meters and numerous pieces over seven tons in weight, this project required a lot of expertise to plan and finally load for transport.

Lufthansa Cargo Charter supported the operation by having two of their own loadmasters involved not only for the loading of the aircraft, but advising the customer before the machinery even left the factory on the most efficient packing options, thus optimizing the cargo to fit in one aircraft.

The cooperation between Girjet and Lufthansa was perfect, states Braden Brush, as was the support they got from Vitoria Integrated Air Services (VIAS). 'We are looking forward to a lot more operations with Lufthansa Cargo Charter and a long lasting relationship between the two companies,' adds Toni Cajal of Girjet.