Cargo handling at ZRH

Cargologic Zurich in brief

CHF 72 billion value added 25,000 jobs

Air cargo: a service for us all!

Clients Over 50 airlines and more than 20 forwarders

Locations Zurich, Basle, Berne and Lugano airports

Business areas Full range of cargo handling services (including security) for airlines and forwarders

Zurich workforce 700 employees (one-third as peak-time auxiliary staff)

Handling area 43,000 square metres (= around six soccer pitches)

Euro-pallet store 8,200 positions (= 10 km long)

ULD store 3,500 positions (= 5.5 km high, lower deck)

Capacity 600,000 tonnes

• Two-thirds of all the airfreight handled is transfer cargo passing through the Zurich hub.

• Air cargo is transported between Zurich and other airports by dedicated freighter aircraft, in the holds of passenger aircraft and by truck.

Cargologic AGFracht OstCH-8058 Zurich Airport

Phone +41 (0)58 856 99 00www.cargologic.com

• Incoming goods inspection and control• After-landing delivery times: express 90 minutes, standard long-haul 6 hours, short-haul 4 hours• Some200flightunitsunloadedeveryday• Delivered to forwarders• Commissioning on customers’ behalf• Customs preparations• 1,200 Euro-pallet storages/retrievals a day

• Incoming goods inspection and control• Dangerous goods inspection and control• Cargo security checks • Around 300 units (totalling up to 1,000 tonnes) built every day

• 6,500 square metres, divided into 10 safes and 80 cabins

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(by value) leave Switzerland by air, though these only account for some 0.5% of all exports intonnage terms.

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BOEING B747-800FLong-haul140 tonnes

ANTONOV A124-100FLong-haul110 tonnes

AIRBUS A330FLong-haul63 tonnes

BOEING B777-300Long-haul23 tonnes

AIRBUS A330-300Long- and medium-haul18 tonnes

AIRBUS A380-800Long-haul12 tonnes

BOEING B767-300Long- and medium-haul10 tonnes

AIRBUS A320-214Short-haul0.5–3 tonnes

AVRO RJ100Short-haul0.5 tonnes

One-third of all airfreight leaves Switzerland by road, and two-thirds on direct scheduled air services (85%ofwhicharepassengerflights).

• 25 vehicles for transporting cargo from/to the aircraft• 35truckdocks(fivewithrollerbedsforULDloading)• 1,200 movements into/out of the ULD store per day• Switch to electric vehicles cuts annual CO2 emissions

by around 400 tonnes• Apronvehiclefleetcovers400,000km(10times

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• 60,000 cargo waybills handled every month• Preparingdocumentsforflightsandtrucks• Data checks for customs and airlines• Devising transit documents• Handling irregularities (tracing)

• Import, export, road feeder services, bonded store• 140,000 consignments handled every year• 39,000 tonnes handled every year• Two electric vehicles for terminal transfer operations

Apron transportation

Document centre

Landside/forwarder handling

Air cargoLifeblood of the Swiss economy

Air cargoInternational airfreight services via Switzerland’s airports are essential to 70% of all Swiss companies.

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Total value: CHF 30,4 billion a year

Mechanical engineering, electrical and metalworking 40 %Consumer electronics 35 %Chemicals and pharmaceuticals 20 %Other 5 %

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Goods from the mechanical engineering, electrical and metalworking industries account for 40% of all air cargo imports in value terms.

Mechanical engineering, electrical, metalworking and watches 55 %Chemicals and pharmaceuticals 35 %Other 10 %

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Total value: CHF 72,2 billion a year

35% of all export air cargo is from the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sector.

• Live animals• Perishable goods• Temperature-controlled shipments• Valuables• Express consignments• Dangerous goods• Air cargo screening/security

• All perishable goods• EU/non-EU border inspection point (BIP)• Around 300 border veterinary checks a month• Around 2,500 tonnes of perishable goods a month• January-May asparagus season: up to 80 tonnes a day

• Forklift shop• High-rack storage system maintenance• 24/7 operations control

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