Konnichiwa
Japan Rolls
Out The Barrel
Left to right— Ambassador of the
Federal Republic of Germany in Japan Dr. Hans Carl von Werthern;
Chairman and CEO of Lufthansa Cargo Peter Gerber and Senior Vice
President of Narita International Airport Corporation Tokuhisa Takano. |
'Konnichiwa
Japan’ (Good Day Japan) is well-known term of endearment. It’s
also a new name proudly carried aloft by an MD11 freighter of Lufthansa
Cargo that is serving destinations worldwide, including between Japan
and Germany.
“The ‘Konnichiwa Japan’
greeting on our aircraft underscores the special bond between Lufthansa
Cargo and Japan,” said Chairman and CEO of Lufthansa Cargo Peter
Gerber.
Herr Gerber spoke as the aircraft was
dedicated in Tokyo with Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
in Japan Dr. Hans Carl von Werthern, and Senior Vice President of Narita
International Airport Corporation Tokuhisa Takano in attendance.
As part of a campaign to heighten awareness
worldwide of traditional Japanese culture—advanced recently by
Narita—a barrel of sake was rolled out to bless the aircraft in
a traditional Japanese ceremony as it readied for flight.
Herr Gerber proclaimed:
“As the market leader of the air
cargo business from Japan to Europe, ‘Konnichiwa Japan’
(D-ALCG) speaks of an ongoing cooperation and friendship between Germany
and Japan that in air cargo dates back to our first freighter flights
in 1969.”
“Kampai all around, and many happy
landings,” we say.
Geoffrey
