 Deutsche Lufthansa AGs cargo business in the third quarter bucked the industry trend of falling demand and deteriorating rates amid economic headwinds, delivering strong bottom-line performance that heavily contributed to the overall groups profitability as it recovers from the COVID-19 crisis. Ongoing disruptions to worldwide supply chains supported air demand as global trade softened and, combined with a lingering shortfall in capacity across the industry compared to 2019, slowed the fall in freight rates, Lufthansa DXE: LHA said in Thursdays earnings report. 