DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of DHL Group, and Fraport AG, the owner and operator of Frankfurt Airport (FRA), have officially began construction of a new air freight centre at Frankfurt Airport. Tobias Schmidt, the CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, and Anke Giesen, Fraport AG's Executive Director Retail and Real Estate, led the official ground-breaking ceremony at Frankfurt Airport's CargoCity South.
With the new air freight centre, Fraport is developing a further site at CargoCity South in the immediate vicinity of Airport Gate 31. The new building on the approximately 55,000 m² property will take about twelve months to complete. DHL Global Forwarding is expected to inaugurate the air cargo centre in mid-2025. At this site, the company will primarily handle air freight for its German and international customers and manage charter flights with its in-house service provider StarBroker. The new cargo centre and office complex will partly supplement the existing airport location and offers not just additional trans-shipment space, but also room for the new StarBroker European headquarters of DHL Global Forwarding.
Construction of the state-of-the-art cargo centre represents a further milestone in the successful development of Frankfurt Airport as a cargo and air freight hub. The latest ecological criteria play a crucial role in the new building. Overall, the new building at CargoCity South will provide about 24,500 m² of new hall space and 3,000 m² of flexible office and social space. The new complex also includes adequately dimensioned freight yards, 25 truck parking spaces and some 185 car parking spaces. Upon completion, the hall will have a total of 54 gates and cross-docks with generously dimensioned driving and shunting areas and additional, separate outdoor parking for trucks. The property is owned by Fraport AG and leased to DHL Global Forwarding.
