UPS to expand Its cargo hub at Cologne/Bonn Airport

UPS-United Parcel Service (UPS Airlines) (Atlanta and Louisville) on the day that marks 25 years since UPS started its operations at Cologne/Bonn Airport in Germany, the company announced plans to significantly expand its European air hub facilities there.

The expansion project, due to be completed by the end of 2013, would equip the existing facility with additional state-of-the-art technology and would include a major extension to the existing building. This extension would be partially dedicated to processing larger freight shipments. Together, these initiatives will significantly increase the hub’s package sorting capacity from today’s 110,000 to 190,000 packages per hour, ensuring UPS’s Cologne/Bonn air hub remains one of the most advanced sorting facilities in the world.

At an estimated $200 million, this expansion will constitute UPS’s largest facility investment outside the United States in the company’s history.

UPS originally chose Cologne/Bonn as the location for its European air hub due to its excellent location, the area’s well developed road network and infrastructure, the good local weather conditions for year-round flight operations, the airport’s excellent runway system and its proximity to a skilled and flexible workforce. Those conditions have not changed to this day.

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