FedEx Express opens new Nordic Gateway at Copenhagen Airport

FedEx has officially opened a new facility at Copenhagen Airport which will serve as a gateway for inbound and outbound shipments for Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. This is the ninth new FedEx Express facility in the Nordic region in the last five years.

“The Nordic gateway will bring our Nordic customers even closer to the rest of the world. By combining courier, customs clearance, sortation and aircraft operations in a single location, we will further enhance operations in the Nordics. I am delighted that we are fully operational just over a year after we announced this investment,” said David Canavan, senior vice president, Operations, FedEx Express Europe

“The gateway’s location at Copenhagen Airport is ideal, because of its strong freight transport infrastructure and proximity to Sweden,” Canavan added. “The facility is a key part of our growth strategy in Europe, where we have expanded with more than 100 new stations since 2011.”

The new 8,000-m2 facility can sort 3,300 packages per hour, process 18 weekly FedEx Express flights, 170 truck movements per week and a fleet of up to 36 pick-up and delivery vehicles. Approximately 120 FedEx Express team members will work at the site. The facility is located in the airport´s cargo area near the Oresund Bridge to Sweden.

The Nordics region—Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden—has been experiencing  steady economic growth recently, and this has led to increased business for FedEx.

“Shipments between June 2014 and May 2015 from these markets to the rest of Europe increased by more than 24% compared to the previous 12 months,” said FedEx, in a statement sent to Post&Parcel today (2 February).” North America in particular has also grown in economic significance for the Nordics, with the overall number of FedEx Express shipments from the Nordic region to North America increasing by about 22% between June 2014 and May 2015, compared to the same period the previous year.”