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New air freight center at Leipzig Airport: Realterm surprises!
Leipzig Airport is building a new air cargo center with 45,000 m². Realterm is planning a direct connection to the runway for more efficient logistics.
New air freight center at Leipzig Airport: Realterm surprises!
Something big is happening at Leipzig/Halle Airport: After the closure of the former Amazon site, a new chapter has begun. US real estate developer Realterm has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art air cargo center. This center will have a storage area of up to45,000 square metersinclude and be directly connected to the runway. This means that freight and trucks can be moved quickly, which promises maximum efficiency, as thueringen24.de reports.
One of the main players, Frank Pieper from Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, raves about the optimal conditions at the location and sees the project as strategically important for the European air cargo industry. Realterm's commitment underlines the ambitions to strengthen Leipzig Airport as a central logistics hub in the region. Demand for air cargo has increased in recent years and the airport wants to build on this trend.
A look at the facility
The design for the new air freight hall will be decided after marketing, with Realterm planning to enter into long-term rental agreements with companies in the express freight or online trading sectors. While the exact construction costs are still a secret, it can be assumed that similar projects will be around50 million euroscosts, as mz.de reports.
There are currently lightweight construction halls on the site, which were used by Amazon until the end of 2023. The demolition of these existing facilities is scheduled to take place by July 2024 before work on the new logistics center begins. The new facility will allow aircraft to be loaded directly from the warehouse, significantly speeding up the entire logistics process.
Air freight on the rise
The demand for air freight is exceptionally high. Air freight traffic increased last year11.3 percentcompared to the previous year, and Frankfurt Airport, Germany's largest cargo airport, also recorded a significant increase in air cargo volumes. Globally, Hong Kong remains with about4.9 million tonsof loaded goods is number one in the air freight business, followed by Shanghai and Memphis, as statista.com highlights.
In times of pandemic and increasing transport needs, especially for high-value goods such as vaccines, air freight has proven to be indispensable. Companies such as Kuehne+Nagel and DHL Group are leaders in this area, with Asia Pacific taking the largest share of the global air freight market for the first time. Given these dynamic developments, the project at Leipzig Airport is not just a local matter, but could have far-reaching consequences for the entire European air cargo sector.