Worldwide Flight Providers (WFS), a SATS firm, has introduced it has taken a 20-year lease on a brand new state-of-the-art air cargo terminal at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), with operations scheduled to start in summer time 2026.
Strategically situated within the CargoPort zone on the Aéroport de Lyon DC1 web site, the 25,313 sqm facility sits adjoining to the runway and contains 19,133 sqm of warehouse area, 2,441 sqm of cover, and 4,400 sqm of GDP-compliant temperature-controlled storage.
The power is tailor-made for dealing with pharmaceutical merchandise and perishables requiring +2°C to +25°C storage, supporting the encompassing Rhône-Alpes area – house to lots of the world’s main vaccine producers.
Developed in partnership with Groupe em2c, Prologis, and the Lyon Airport authority, the terminal goals to strengthen the area’s air cargo infrastructure and financial growth. As soon as operational, it’s anticipated to create over 300 direct and oblique jobs.
The constructing has been designed to optimise cargo flows and align with SATS and WFS’ environmental and sustainability aims. Outfitted with 36 dock doorways – 5 of that are tailored for plane pallets – it would improve the effectivity of import and export processing.
The brand new facility will probably be built-in into SATS and WFS’ world cargo dealing with community, which spans greater than 215 stations throughout 27 international locations and serves commerce routes accounting for over 50% of worldwide air cargo volumes.
Laurent Bernard, vice-president of WFS France, stated: “”Aéroport de Lyon DC1 will change into our second largest hub in France after Paris CDG for our French operations. Its strategic location and design will permit us to streamline cargo processing, particularly for pharma shipments on the earth’s main vaccine-producing area.
“The brand new terminal will shorten turnaround occasions and enhance our capability in one in all France’s most essential logistics corridors, whereas lowering our carbon footprint with a contemporary constructing that has earned a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ classification, which measures the sustainability of buildings.”
Cédric Fechter, chairman of the administration board at Aéroports de Lyon, stated: “This mission completely illustrates VINCI Airports’ technique for growing cargo actions and reaffirms the important thing position performed by Aéroports de Lyon within the regional logistics chain. The creation of a pharma centre, operated by WFS, addresses the rising wants of healthcare product transportation, straight linked to the excellence of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area – the world’s main vaccine-producing area, which has additionally been house to the World Well being Group (WHO) since final April.
“This partnership demonstrates our capability to deliver collectively business stakeholders round high-performing infrastructure that helps the attractiveness and competitiveness of the area.”
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