DHL Munich Hub Expansion Program

New additions to DHL Munich Airport freight facility.

DHL Express Germany has begun construction of a new building at Munich Airport, which is to be built on two existing parking lots. The size of the new facility is expected to cover around 11,000 square meters. This is 7 times bigger than the current space DHL occupies at Munich Airport.

One of the reasons for the new expansion program is that the volumes of DHL Express shipments in and out of Munich have risen steeply in recent years.

104 million euro investment project for DHL Munich Hub Expansion Program.

With massive growth in import and export volumes due to the trends of online commerce, the previous DHL production hub could not keep up,” says Markus Reckling, Managing Director DHL Express Germany, explaining the necessity of the 104 million euro investment project.

“The construction of the new DHL Hub at Munich Airport is the next important step in our infrastructure plan. DHL customers have top priority and with the new building we offer an improved service.” Via the airside access, the aircraft parked on the apron can be reached directly from the new building. The gateway also has two so-called PUD fingers (pick-up and delivery), on which up to 65 delivery vehicles can be handled simultaneously. This leads to a time advantage for pick-up and delivery, especially for customers in the Landsberg-Ingolstadt region.”

AS DHL is highly focused on being ‘green’, planning the new Munich Freight Hub meant special emphasis being placed on using energy-saving materials and technologies into the hub expansion program.

As an example, state-of-the-art LED technology will be used for all lighting, as well as a photovoltaic system which generates 100 kW_. This will provide power for the building services, servers and computers. Heat is generated with heat pumps, which are supplemented by FMG’s district heating supply.

As we are in the middle of an electric car revolution, 32 electric vehicle charging positions will be made available, two charging points for the apron vehicles and charging points at the employee parking spaces are currently being planned.

Extremely important signal for the future development of Munich Airport.

Jost Lammers, Chairman of the Management Board of Flughafen München GmbH, welcomes the ground-breaking ceremony for the new building as an “extremely important signal for the future development of Munich Airport” . Lammers continues: “We see enormous potential at Munich Airport in terms of air freight and express services. DHL Express’ strong commitment is a great vote of confidence in our air freight location.”

Currently, 72 employees are employed at the current DHL Munich Hub, who will move into the hub once construction is completed. In addition, the number of employees for commissioning will more than double.

The new DHL Hub at Munich Airport is part of a comprehensive infrastructure program whereby DHL Express is modernising and expanding its production facilities in Germany.

Although the DHL Munich reach extends from Nuremberg in the north via Straubing in the northeast, Bad Aibling in the south to Neu-Ulm in the west, there is also a daily flight connection to the international DHL Express hub in Leipzig. This is a big improvement and will allow freight to Australia to be improved.

DHL and One World Courier.

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