Jettainer opens new ULD hub at Frankfurt

· Friday, May 22, 2015

The company’s 17,000-square-meter facility guarantees immediate availability to ULDs, maintenance and repair services at Germany’s largest air traffic hub.

Jettainer, a third party unit-load device management firm and subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, has opened a new facility at Frankfurt Airport in Germany.
The new 17,000-square-meter facility guarantees immediate availability to ULDs, maintenance and repair services at Germany’s largest air traffic hub. About 750,000 units a year, or 9,000 containers and pallets at a time, can be handled at the site, according to the company.
Jettainer itself manages a fleet of about 90,000 ULDs for 16 airlines.

Chris Gillis

Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.