DHL to build new automated hub at Copenhagen airport

Leading international express services provider DHL Express will make its largest ever investment in Denmark and the Nordic countries with a new hub at Copenhagen Airport.

The hub will significantly improve the speed and quality of DHL Express’ activities in the region.

With new state-of-the-art automated systems, DHL will be able to handle nearly 37,000 packages per hour, 24 hours a day, in the 26,172 m2 building, which also includes offices. The company therefore expects to add 100 new jobs.

Packages to and from Denmark usually travel via the DHL hubs in Leipzig, Germany, or East Midlands, UK. However, once the new hub at Copenhagen Airport is built, planes will reach their destinations more directly and without additional stops along the way.

“We want to grow through quality. Therefore, we are investing significantly into the expansion of our infrastructure to increase efficiencies and to improve delivery capabilities,” said John Pearson, Global CEO of DHL Express.

“We are experiencing enormous growth in our cross-border online trade,” states Atli Einarsson, Managing Director of DHL Express in Denmark.

“We are also preparing for our customers’ growth, including manufacturing companies within the pharmaceutical and fashion industries. This massive upgrade of our facility will turn it into one of the most modern of our 19 regional hubs worldwide.

“This demonstrates the importance of our country’s future role in the network. The new regional hub will benefit businesses and consumers in Denmark and throughout the Nordic region.”

DHL Express is in the midst of further strengthening and future-proofing its business. In 2018, the logistics giant announced plans to purchase 14 new Boeing 777 air freighters and five Airbus A330s, expanding the fleet to over 260 planes.

In Denmark, the company also broke ground on a new terminal in the central city of Fredericia at a price tag of more than DKK 100 million (approximately EUR 13.4 million). It is slated to open in early 2020.

DHL Express’ new freight terminal will be located on a 43,116 m2 site in the eastern freight area of the airport, where a new Airport Business Park is in the works as well.