Work will start this spring on extending capacity at Frankfurt Airport's centre for perishable freight.

The pan-European distribution hub handled approximately 160,000 tonnes of fresh and frozen produce in 2005.

Extension plans entail adding about 2,500 square metres of storage space and 400sqm of office space. The centre currently offers around 9,000sqm of storage and 2,000sqm of office space.

Work on expanding the facility is scheduled to start in April and to be completed in phases by autumn 2007.

Commenting on the extension to the centre, Frankfurt Airport operating company, Fraport AG said it was being driven by “increasing demand from shippers around the globe” and would consolidate the centre's role as a “European interim storage and transhipment facility.”

Frankfurt Airport's perishable traffic volumes are expected to jump by five percent this year.

The major shareholders in the Perishables Centre are Nagel, which has a 50 per cent stake and LUG Aircargo Handling GmbH with (40 per cent). Fraport AG has a 10 per cent stake.

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