'It is only natural for Lufthansa Cargo to render fast and unbureaucratic aid in such a humanitarian catastrophe,' said Lufthansa Cargo Chairman Karl Ulrich Garnadt.' 'After initial contacts with the EU Commission at the weekend, we organised the relief flight within hours.' Lufthansa Cargo also provided free relief flights for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti and the people hit by the flooding catastrophe in Pakistan.
The Lufthansa Cargo freighter will be taking off from Frankfurt Airport at 20:05 hours on Wednesday. After a re-fuelling stopover in Moscow, the crew headed by Captain Claus Richter, Lufthansa Cargo Vice President Transport Management and Flight Operations, is expected in Tokyo at about' 18:35 hours on Thursday evening.' From Tokyo, the relief supplies will be transported the quickest possible way to the devastated quake-stricken regions in north Japan.