Global Load Control
Parent Lufthansa Group | | |
Website | globalloadcontrol.com |
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Global Load Control is a subsidiary company of the Lufthansa Group, and was established in Cape Town, South Africa in 2004. The company provides remote weight and balance and load control services to its parent company Lufthansa as well as other airlines.[2][3] Global Load Control operates from its three centers in Cape Town, Brno and Istanbul.[4] These three centers handle more than 140 Lufthansa stations and process some 1800 flights a day.[5] Global Load Control's operations center in Cape Town became Lufthansa's first load control center outside of Germany.[6] Before this, Lufthansa maintained two centralized load control centers in Munich and Frankfurt.[7]
History
- 2004 : Global Load Control founded by Lufthansa in Cape Town, South Africa
- 2007 : Second operations center established in Brno, Czech Republic[8]
- 2009 : Third operations center established in Istanbul, Turkey
Controversy
Lufthansa's decision to open a centralized load control center outside of Germany was unpopular with Lufthansa load controllers based in Frankfurt and Munich as they feared the loss of their jobs. Union involvement for a time prevented long haul flights departing from Germany to be processed by the new load control center in Cape Town.[9]
Lufthansa's move to
In 2008 concerns were raised as to the quality of work the Global Load Control center in Cape Town was able to deliver, with one client airline calling for Lufthansa's load control operations for
References
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