The Lufthansa Cargo Cool Center was completed in December 2011 after six months of construction. It now covers 4,500 m² and boasts four cold-storage rooms kept at different temperatures (2 to 8 °C, 15 to 25 °C, -12 to -20 °C and 5 to 15 °C) as well as a deep-freeze room and direct access to the apron. This means it is already Europe’s largest airline hub for temperature-sensitive cargo.
It should cover 8,000 m² from late summer 2017. Construction work on the 3,500 m² expansion is due to begin in February 2017. Besides the expansion, all of the Cool Center infrastructure will also be upgraded.
The airline association IATA recently awarded Lufthansa Cargo and the Cool Center the CEIV seal for pharmaceutical transports. Since summer 2016, Lufthansa Cargo has also been offering its customers maximum transparency with its “Cool Control Tower” monitoring solutions for temperature-sensitive goods.
