DHL Express has opened a new depot in the southern Spanish city of Murcia and is consideringopening an air hub at a new airport south of Madrid, according to media reports.
The company has invested EUR 6 million in the 4,200 sqm Murcia depot which has capacity tosort up to 2,700 parcels an hour, the Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung reported. DHL expects to distributeabout 3,500 parcels a day to Murcia and the surrounding region.
Meanwhile, Spanish business newspaper Expansión reported that authorities at Don QuijoteAirport at Ciudad Real, south of Madrid and Toledo, are in discussions with DHL Express over an aircargo operation. DHL Express has its main air hub for Spain and Portugal at Vitoria, in thenorthern Basque region.
The privately-financed EUR 1.1 billion airport, currently under construction and now expectedto open in spring 2008, aims to position itself as a strategically located base for air cargo andlow-cost flights. It lies close to major north-south, east-west motorways, and will benefit from astop on Madrid-Seville high-speed passenger line.
