More than 70 new truck parking spaces at CargoCity South – significant improvement for forwarding companies and staff – range of amenities includes sanitary and shower facilities. Frankfurt Airport (FRA) celebrated the opening of a new truck parking lot at CargoCity South on 13 March, after one year of construction. Right behind airport gate 31, there are now more than 70 parking spaces available 24 hours a day for vans, trucks, and semi trailers. Sanitary facilities, … [Read more...] about New cargo truck parking lot opens at FRA
Frankfurt Airport
Fraport traffic points to continued recovery trend
Fraport’s July cargo figures continue to suggest a recovery with Frankfurt Airport’s (FRA) rate of decline in airfreight moving into the single-figure range for the first time this year. Freight throughput fell only 9.4 per cent year-on-year to 156,000 tonnes; in June the drop was still 16.5 per cent. “An early indicator of general economic development, airfreight continues its rise from the economic trough,†the airport operator said. With 40,462 takeoffs … [Read more...] about Fraport traffic points to continued recovery trend
Frankfurt night flights still in limbo
A German court has approved a US$5.6 billion expansion plan for Frankfurt airport, Europe’s biggest air cargo hub, but passed the responsibility of deciding on whether night flights would continue, to politicisions. The court ruled that the state of Hesse, where Frankfurt is located, must draw up new rules regulating flights between 11 pm and 5 am. Lufthansa Cargo had warned it will lose tens of millions of dollars a year if the court backed a night flight ban at its global hub. … [Read more...] about Frankfurt night flights still in limbo
Cargo decline slows in June at Frankfurt
Europe’s busiest air cargo hub, Frankfurt airport, has reported a slowing decline in cargo traffic in June. Frankfurt handled 148,211 tonnes of cargo in June, a 16.5 per cent drop from a year earlier that followed year-on-year declines of 17.1 per cent and 24.9 per cent in May and April respectively. The improved June figure still left cargo volumes in the first half of the year 21.4 per cent down on the same period in 2008 at 822,469 tonnes compared with 1.05 million tonnes a year … [Read more...] about Cargo decline slows in June at Frankfurt
Schenker inaugurates new Euro air freight hub
DB Schenker inaugurated its new €50 million European air freight hub at Frankfurt Airport this week, with operations to begin in early August which will see import and export units currently operating at different sites merged into a single unit at the airport. “This European hub is an essential turntable within our international air freight network. It will contribute to expand our position in the global competition,†said member of the Management Board of DB Mobility … [Read more...] about Schenker inaugurates new Euro air freight hub
DB Schenker inaugurates new Euro air freight hub
DB Schenker inaugurated its new €50 million European air freight hub at Frankfurt Airport this week, with operations to begin in early August which will see import and export units currently operating at different sites merged into a single unit at the airport. “This European hub is an essential turntable within our international air freight network. It will contribute to expand our position in the global competition,†said member of the Management Board of DB Mobility … [Read more...] about DB Schenker inaugurates new Euro air freight hub