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The German transport and logistics industry is committed to competitive operating times at German airports. (Photo: Lufthansa Cargo AG)
Kelsterbach, 24.06.2010 - The German transport and logistics industry is committed to competitive operating times at German airports. In Frankfurt today, founded the German Freight Forwarders and Logistics Association (DSLV), the Federal Association of Road Haulage, Logistics and Disposal (BGL), the Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association of Hessen / Rhineland-Palatinate, the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) and the Air Cargo Club Germany in cooperation with Lufthansa Cargo AG, the initiative "The freight needs the night."
At a press conference at Frankfurt Airport, presented the honorary manager of the initiative, Ewald home, the goals of the Alliance ". The logistics industry, the backbone of the export-oriented German economy prerequisite for success in the global markets are well functioning air cargo services, the initiative." Freight needs the night "will thus strive vigorously for competitive operating times at German airports."
The initiative will emphasize the importance of logistics for the German economy. About 40 percent of the value of domestic exports are transported via the air traffic all over the world. Night flights are an important part of functioning global supply chains. And public policy should be strengthened awareness of the importance of air freight for export-dependent German economy. This is what the member companies of the organizations represented in the initiative one with their hundreds of thousands of employees.
Responsibility for jobs and industry in Germany
Following the launch of the initiative "Freight needs the Night" opened the CEO of Lufthansa Cargo, Carsten Spohr, the same conference. About 150 representatives of the logistics industry, but also of politics and science, he stressed the importance of a balanced discussion. "The right of airport residents is not to be protected from unnecessary noise to the debate. This responsibility we take on as an airline and invest heavily in new technologies. We also have a responsibility for the export and industrial nation of Germany as well as for thousands of jobs in the . logistics industry is Germany's second largest export nation in the world -. even and especially by its central logistical hubs logistical expertise who closes at night, the negligence is the future viability of the German export industry at risk. "
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Jan mosquitoes stressed as a representative of the federal government the importance of a competitive logistics in Germany: "To get the top position in the German logistics industry and expand, it must improve the policy, the competition of the trade side. the capacity development of airports is the goal of the federal government to provide internationally competitive operating times for sure. "
Germany today, with most restrictive limits on night flights
The judiciary has in recent years led to Germany in an increasingly one-sided balance of interests. Absolute night flight bans are a threat to the competitiveness of German airports and the entire export-oriented industries. All major European air traffic hubs, which are in competition with the location of Germany, for example, ensure Amsterdam, Paris, London or Madrid, economically necessary night flights. This applies more so to the airports in the Gulf region, which compete with Germany in transcontinental traffic between Asia and Europe or Asia and America.
Lufthansa Cargo CEO Carsten Spohr also urged the federal government on behalf of the newly established initiative to create a reliable framework. "Only then can companies long-term investing in the site. Logistics is and remains a growth industry that is already for ten percent of the total economic power of Germany. To grow further, thus creating opportunities, we need planning security and on-demand infrastructure."
