DHL expands Cincinnati hub
DHL has announced plans to US$22.5 million to expand its hub facility at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport. Starting in March 2011, DHL will build on nineteen acres of land leased from the CVG Airport authority to expand its existing aircraft parking apron to accommodate an extra nine wide-body aircraft, and construct nine new aircraft gates. The new aircraft gates will include a hydrant jet refuelling system, and will have the capability to de-ice aircraft directly at the gate. Construction will continue through September 2011. This is the second phase of a two-year, US$40 million investment to enhance DHL operations at the Cincinnati hub, which includes equipment upgrades and various facility improvements. In October 2010, DHL announced a US$12.5 million project to upgrade existing hardware and software applications running its auto sort system, improving the speed and reliability of shipment scanning and sorting as volumes grow at the Cincinnati hub. The CVG hub handles about 90% of the DHL volume that enters the US. Quelle: eyefortransport |