New air freight center at Leipzig Airport: REALTERM surprised!

New air freight center at Leipzig Airport: REALTERM surprised!

At the Leipzig/Halle Airport, something big is happening: After the former Amazon site was closed, a new chapter started. The US real estate developer REALTERM has announced plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art air freight center. This center will include a storage area of ​​up to 45,000 square meters and will be connected directly to the roller field. In this way, freight and truck can be moved quickly, which promises the highest efficiency, such as thueringeningen24.de reports.

One of the main actors, 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 freight industry. REALTERM's promise underlines the ambitions to strengthen Leipzig Airport as a central logistics hub in the region. The demand for air freight has increased in recent years and the airport wants to build on this trend.

A look at the system

The draft for the new air freight hall is decided after marketing, whereby REALTM wants to plan to complete long-term rental contracts with companies from the areas of express freight or online trading. While the exact construction costs are still a secret, it can be assumed that similar projects cost around 50 million euros (mz.de] (https://www.mzmz.de/mitteldeutschland/wirtschaft/flughafen-leipzig-halle-neues-wuftzentrum-auf-ex-amazon-area-4067946)

Currently there are still lightweight buildings on the area, which were used by Amazon by the end of 2023. These existing systems are to be demolished by July 2024 before work on the new logistics center begins. With the new system, a direct loading of aircraft from the warehouse will be possible, which is considerably accelerating the entire logistics.

air freight in the upswing

The demand for air freight is exceptionally high. Last year, air freight traffic rose by 11.3 percent compared to the previous year, and Frankfurt Airport as the largest freight airport in Germany also recorded a significant increase in air freight volume. Hong Kong remains number one in the air freight business with about 4.9 million tons , followed by Shanghai and Memphis, as Statista.com.

In times of pandemic and rising transport needs, especially for high -quality goods such as vaccines, the air freight has proven indispensable. Companies such as Kühne+Nagel and DHL Group are leaders in this area, with Asia-Pacific to play the largest market share on the global air freight market for the first time. In view of these dynamic developments, the project at Leipzig Airport is not only a local affair, but could also have far -reaching consequences for the entire European air freight sector.