On September 1, 2025, Lufthansa Cargo and ITA Airways will enhance their partnership by marketing routes from Delhi, Tokyo-Haneda, and Bangkok to Rome-Fiumicino under Lufthansa Cargo’s AWB prefix. Anand Kulkarni, Head of Global Markets at Lufthansa Cargo, expressed pride in expanding capacity from Asia to Europe and highlighted the importance of their new Rome hub for faster global connections. Since May, Lufthansa has marketed ITA’s belly capacities from South America, with plans for gradual expansion to all ITA routes, increasing global belly capacity by nearly 20% for customers.