The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt, the association of companies, institutions and organizations for the promotion of the air cargo location Frankfurt, is welcoming new members. With Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland, Dachser, Thermotraffic, Sovereign Speed and my Logistics, a further five companies have joined the association, all of whom are heavily involved in the area of airfreight in Frankfurt. The number of members in the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt will thus increase to a total of 33. Together they are committed to making the largest air cargo hub in Europe even more attractive and efficient.
“We are delighted about the new additions to our community. Together with the new members we want to make further progress with our current projects, as well as focusing our attention on new issues”, says Joachim von Winning, Executive Director of Air Cargo Community Frankfurt. "The growing interest in membership in the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt has the high value of our work. The association represents the ideal platform to contribute their own ideas and to pool the expertise of various stakeholders with the aim to accelerate the development of air freight in Frankfurt”.
The world’s largest airline service supplier
Swissport Cargo services Deutschland GmbH is a subsidiary of Swissport International Ltd., the world's largest service provider for airlines. Through its global network, Swissport International annually clears 4.1 million tons of freight. With Swissport and the other air cargo handling companies, which are already members, in this area the community represents more than 90 percent of the air cargo volume handled at the location.
Global Player with 79 locations worldwide
With Dachser joining the association, the number of members from the area of freight forwarders will be strengthened by another major logistics player. With approximately 25,000 employees at a total of 79 locations, last year alone with a tonnage of 35.4 million tons, Dachser registered total sales of 5.3 billion Euros
Specialist for temperature-controlled transport
Thermotraffic is a specialist for temperature-controlled transport, which has now also become a member of the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt. The international refrigerated shipping company offers its services to all industries in the food and non-food sectors and only recently announced that it will be further expanding its transport business at Frankfurt Airport.
Neutral carrier with European network
Sovereign Speed is specialized in the overnight transport of time-sensitive goods within Europe, whereby the customers are exclusively airlines, logistics and express service providers. The focus of Sovereign’s activities is on airport-to-airport and airport-to-door business, making use of its own timetable-based transport network. Its route network includes more than 50 destinations in 14 countries and is operated almost exclusively using its own fleet of vehicles.
Transport within Germany and to neighbouring countries
With its own fleet my Logistics offers express and courier transport services as well as special transports throughout Germany and in other European countries. The services offered, among other things, include the transportation of aircraft pallets as well as the transport of hazardous goods.
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt e.V.
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt e.V. is an association of companies, institutions and organizations with the clear objective of promoting the airfreight location of Frankfurt. Its total of 33 members includes representatives of all areas of the air cargo supply chain. The association has three working groups “Temperature-controlled Transport”, “Processes & Infrastructure" and "Location Marketing & Community Building", as well as various specialist groups which represent the entire range of services offered at the airfreight location of Frankfurt. The prime objective is that the Frankfurt Airport will, also in future, continue to clearly be Europe’s No. 1 in the air freight business and, as the leading cargo hub, significantly enhance its competitiveness compared with other airports in neighboring countries. The location of Frankfurt, today with more than 2.2 million tons of air freight (2014) and 11,600 employees in the cargo area, should also continue to grow significantly in the coming years and, in doing so, capture an even larger share of global freight volumes for itself.
Air Cargo Community Frankfurt e.V., Frankfurt Airport Center, Hugo-Eckener-Ring, HBK 15,
60549 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
t 0049(0)69 – 690 23511, www.FRA-fr8.com,
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