How do you hand over e-commerce flows to last-mile delivery within 24 hours from aircraft arrival? Take a look at Billund Airport and see how.
Billund Airport delivers an unmatched e-commerce service
Nestled in the heartland of Denmark, Billund Airport / BLL / EKBI, the second biggest airport in the country, is rapidly expanding its passenger and air cargo services.
Handling close to 4 million passengers and 90,000 tons of cargo, 2024 was truly a remarkable and record-breaking year for the airport.
With more than 100 direct passenger destinations and connecting into 12 European hubs, the passenger offering is indeed remarkable considering the size of the city it is located in.
Billund Airport also has a big cargo community. The airport is a hub for cargo operations and specializes in pure freighter activities. There are in fact more than 50 freighter operations per week to global destinations.
The need for a reliable, efficient and flexible e-commerce hub in Northern Europe
The airport is well-placed to serve e-commerce airfreight business, which has quickly gained traction in the industry.
In past years, e-commerce headed for Europe has traditionally been flown into major European airports and from there distributed to North, South, East and West Europe.
However, with e-commerce volumes growing, so too is the risk of congestion at big airports, on European roads and at customs authorities. These import patterns are therefore changing now.
E-commerce is starting to fly directly into regional airports, where there’s capacity and flexibility and where airports are closer to the final customers, essentially bringing more value to end-users who are expecting fast and reliable deliveries. Billund Airport seems to be that one regional airport in Northern Europe!
Joint task to set up e-commerce services at Billund Airport
Billund Airport is introducing a unique e-commerce service – the way forward has been to develop the service as a joint effort with all stakeholders involved.
Bringing in the Danish Customs Authorities at a very early stage has proved to be a key element in securing a smooth and efficient introduction to market.
The process of identifying and picking out items selected by customs for inspection and presentation is performed by the airport’s service handler, Logistics Service Billund Airport (LSBA).
Efficient handover from Cargo Handling Billund Airport (CHBA) to LSBA in a dedicated first line e-commerce facility provides an outstanding framework to quickly expedite e-commerce flows.
Whether scanning, counting or undertaking system updates, working together with several e-commerce players, LSBA offers the services needed to process various flows with different requirements. LSBA acts as the catalyst of e-commerce flows and makes a 24-hour last-mile handover possible!
In it for the long and engaging run – Billund Airport aims to be a hub for e-commerce operations
Billund Airport is centrally located in Denmark with short transfer times into Sweden and Germany. Several studies show the same – from Billund Airport most consumers are reached within 90 minutes of last-mile delivery in Denmark.
Combining this with first and second-line land opportunities and heavy investments in airport infrastructure and services, Billund Airport is gearing up to become a new hub for e-commerce and freighter operations in Northern Europe.
Several Asian and European stations are already served by direct freighter routes and there’s demand for more with big opportunities in import and export flows. Get in touch with Billund Airport to discover more!
