A growing share of freight at Frankfurt Airport is now being moved by electric vehicles, according to a new survey by airport operator Fraport AG. The poll of around 250 trucking and logistics firms based at the airport, carried out in spring 2025, found a marked shift towards battery-powered lor...

Frankfurt Airport’s CargoCity South is continuing to grow: plans are currently underway to build a new air cargo warehouse for the global air and sea freight provider, Kühne+Nagel. The facility is set to be completed by 2028. Fraport, Frankfurt Airport’s operator, and Kühne+Nagel have si...

Frankfurt Airport’s CargoCity South is continuing to grow: plans are currently underway to build a new air cargo warehouse for the global air and sea freight provider, Kühne+Nagel. The facility is set to be completed by 2028. Fraport, Frankfurt Airport’s operator, and Kühne+Nagel have si...

Located at Europe’s heart, Frankfurt Airport ideally meets the prerequisites for transporting temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals to destinations all over the world – even at high summertime temperatures. Frankfurt Airport is situated within the economically powerful Rhine-Main region very ...

Fraport AG released its January 2025 traffic figures, showing declines in cargo volumes and aircraft movements, while passenger numbers across its global airport network saw slight growth. Cargo Volumes Decline Freight traffic at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) dropped by 3.9%, with 148,321 metric tons ...

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) recorded significant growth in cargo operations in 2024, with total cargo volumes (including airfreight and airmail) reaching 2.1 million metric tons, a 6.2% increase compared to the previous year. The airport also saw an uptick in aircraft movements, which rose by 2.4% to...

Denis de Farias Duarte has been appointed as Fraport's new head of cargo development, succeeding Max Conrady. He will take on the new position from 1 January 2025 and be responsible for further development of the cargo business at Frankfurt Airport. Simone Schwab, senior vice president of avia...

Airbus has launched the OpenCargoLab, a collaborative initiative with leading partners from the airline, logistics and handling sectors, focusing on the entire airfreight ecosystem. The collaboration involves a team of experts from CHAMP Cargosystems, Fraport, KLM Cargo, Kuehne+Nagel and Swisspor...

Frankfurt Airport yesterday released its traffic figures for January, welcoming an 8.8 per cent year-on-year increase in cargo volumes compared to the same period in 2023. Last month the German airport recorded more than 154,000 metric tonnes of cargo, noting a "significant rise" compared to Janu...

DHL Global Forwarding and Fraport today officially began construction of a new air freight centre at Frankfurt Airport to expand and modernise its operations. Tobias Schmidt, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, and Anke Giesen, Fraport's executive director for retail and real estate, led the cer...

Fraport and software provider DAKOSY have announced a new joint venture to establish, operate and develop its Cargo Community System for air freight transport. The coalition will further develop with 'allivate', a platform which aims to digitalise air cargo processes both at Frankfurt Airport and...

Fraport AG Ground Services are currently trialing an autonomous baggage and cargo tractor. The electric vehicle will operate on an eight-kilometer-long test route within Frankfurt Airport’s secure area. The aim of the trial, which will take several weeks, is to determine whether and under what...

More capacity for temperature-sensitive transportation of goods between minus 20 and plus 30 degrees Celsius – Fleet of 20 refrigerated transporters now available at FRA for pharmaceutical products – Fraport boasts long track record of transporting temperature-controlled goods FRA/ml – Fra...

After a construction phase of just under one year, today (September 16) Fraport handed over the keys for a new cargo handling warehouse to Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland GmbH as the facility’s future operating company. The real estate development team at Fraport AG was responsible for plann...