THE German
Red Cross and Lufthansa Cargo have flown more
than 15,000 camp beds in recent days from North America to Germany to provide
sleeping accommodation for incoming refugees.
Thousands of
camp beds were urgently needed in Germany because all available beds in Europe
are already occupied.
On Tuesday
morning Lufthansa flight LH419 from Washington landed on time at 7:23am at the
airline's hub in Frankfurt after a 6:50 hour flight.
On board the Boeing
747-8 were 1,000 camp beds. The remaining beds, divided over 12
flights, were transported to Frankfurt in the days preceding. The cargo airline
undertook the transport at cost price.
The total
volume of the cargo amounted to nearly 120 tonnes, divided between 271 pallets.
The beds were desperately needed by refugees who are being looked after by the
German Red Cross in emergency accommodation and was provided by both the
Canadian and the American Red Cross.
"At the
moment the German Red Cross are attending more than 288 emergency accommodations
for 82,000 refugees nationwide. In addition, we will support the federal
government with the provision of further shelters for refugees.
In order to
carry this out, rapid logistics solutions, such as we are able to implement now
with Lufthansa Cargo, are indispensable", said the German Red Cross
General Secretary Christian Reuter.
Said Lufthansa
Cargo CEO Peter Gerber: "We are very happy to be able to make a
small contribution to the valuable work of the German Red Cross."
Source :
HKSG.
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