With the new air freight center, Fraport is developing a furthersite at CargoCity South in the immediate vicinity of Airport Gate31. The new building on the approximately 55,000 square meterproperty will take about twelve months to complete. DHL GlobalForwarding is expected to inaugurate the air cargo center inmid-2025. At this site, the company will primarily handle airfreight for its German and international customers and managecharter flights with its in-house service provider StarBroker. Thenew cargo center and office complex will partly supplement theexisting airport location, and offers not just additionaltransshipment space, but also room for the new StarBroker Europeanheadquarters of DHL Global Forwarding.
"Located in the heart of Europe, Frankfurt Airport is of centralimportance as an international hub for our global air freightnetwork," explains the CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, TobiasSchmidt. "We're very pleased that we were able to develop a larger,more sustainable site in close cooperation with Fraport. The newlycreated space will enable us to handle greater transport volumesfor our customers even more quickly and efficiently."
Construction of the state-of-the-art cargo center represents afurther milestone in the successful development of FrankfurtAirport as a cargo and air freight hub. The latest ecologicalcriteria play a crucial role in the new building. Overall, the newbuilding at CargoCity South will provide about 24,500 square metersof new hall space and 3,000 square meters of flexible office andsocial space. The new complex also includes adequately dimensionedfreight yards, 25 truck parking spaces and some 185 car parkingspaces. Upon completion, the hall will have a total of 54 gates andcross-docks with generously dimensioned driving and shunting areasand additional, separate outdoor parking for trucks. The propertyis owned by Fraport AG and leased to DHL Global Forwarding.
"Today's groundbreaking of this first-class air cargo center ispart of the continuous development of Frankfurt Airport as Europe'sleading air freight hub," explains Anke Giesen, Executive DirectorRetail and Real Estate at Fraport AG. "This building will meet thestrictest ecological and economic requirements for modern freighthandling facilities. As such, it will put our future tenant DHLGlobal Forwarding in the best position to take its air freightbusiness to the next level. The realization of this complex projectis also a testament to the extraordinarily broad portfolio andproven expertise of Fraport's real estate development team."