All Fraport articles – Page 2

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    Fraport to develop a cargo handling data exchange

    2020-10-29T14:44:31Z

    Frankfurt Airport management company Fraport is developing FRA-OS, a digital data exchange platform for cargo handling at Germany and Europe’s number one airfreight hub.The project is in cooperation with the Freight Unit of the German Customs Office, the Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association of Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate (SLV), the Association of Air ...

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    Fraport adds new cool dollies for pharma cargo

    2020-10-02T10:25:29Z

    Source: Fraport AGAirport operator and owner Fraport has announced the addition of two new cool dollies to transport cargo between aircraft and handling facilities at Frankfurt AirportThe operator said the new refrigerated trailers would bring its total fleet for cross-apron transportation up to 20 temperature-controlled transporters."The two new refrigerated transporters ...

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    Fraport cargo division to be affected by company-wide restructuring

    2020-09-22T08:57:38Z

    The cargo division of Fraport is set to be merged into a newly created division as part of the its restructuring programme, Relaunch 50.The move will see the Central Freight Infrastructure and Air Cargo Development (ZFL) division become part of a new division, Freight and Passenger Development (FTU-C), from January ...

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    Swissport Cargo Services to expand at Frankfurt

    2020-09-16T10:37:22Z

    Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland is set to open a new cargo handling warehouse at Frankfurt Airport developed by operator Fraport.The new building – located in CargoCity South at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) – has 17,000 sq m of floor space, including temperature-controlled zones for handling sensitive pharmaceutical products.There are also 2,400 ...

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    Fraport plans massive job cuts

    2020-06-08T10:02:32Z

    Source: Fraport AGAirport operator and ground handler Fraport AG is planning extensive job cuts due to the economic impact of the corona virus pandemic, reports Air Cargo News sister title DVZ.According to people familiar with the events, up to 3,000 jobs are to be cut. This corresponds to just under ...

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    Fraport announces cost-reduction measures in response to coronavirus

    2020-03-02T15:09:13Z

    Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport has announced new cost-reduction measures in response to the impact of the coronavirus.Cost-saving measures include: reduced administrative and operating costs where possible, individual assessments for new recruits, and staff being offered unpaid holiday and part-time shifts where possible.In a statement, Fraport explained: "All major costs are ...

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    Foundation stone laid for Swissport cargo facility at Frankfurt

    2019-11-27T15:00:05Z

    German airport operator Fraport and Swissport Cargo Services have laid the foundation stone for the ground handler’s new airfreight facility at Frankfurt Airport.The new building at CargoCity South will expand Swissport’s handling capacity by almost 50% using a warehouse-concept material handling system that allows containers and pallets to be stored ...

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    Cargo at Brussels down but up at Frankfurt in March

    2019-04-12T14:51:07Z

    Brussels airport saw cargo volumes decline in March but Frankfurt managed to return to growth after two months of declines.Brussels saw pure air cargo volumes decline by 12% year on year in March to 44,532 tonnes, with the airport blaming industrial action by air traffic controllers and general slowdown in ...

  • Fraport to Cooperate with HAUS61 Rachid Touzani, CEO CargoSteps, and Max Philipp Conrady, SVP Cargo at Fraport
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    Fraport and 'logistics lab' hope to innovate air cargo

    2019-03-08T10:24:00Z

    Rachid Touzani, CEO CargoSteps, and Max Philipp Conrady, SVP Cargo at FraportAirport operator Fraport is teaming up with logistics start-up lab HAUS61 to develop new technology for the airfreight industry.From April 2019, up to six recently launched logistics companies will come together in the HAUS61 lab, which will provide a ...