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• Airport area :
600 ha (1,500 acres).
• Two freight terminals: 13,000 sq. m. (140,000 sq. ft).
• 4 private deconsolidation depots: nearly 10,000 sq. m.
2 office
buildings:
Next to the two freight
terminals, two buildings house business offices:
the first accounting
for 1400 sq. m. (15,000 sq. ft) and the second
- 400 sq. m. built in 1996 to satisfy the increasing
demand.
A complex of cool rooms:
In 1993, Marseille-Provence
brought into service an ultramodern building
equipped with "Aérofrigo" cool
rooms (1200 sq. m.) in conformity with E.U.
standards and approved as a border inspection
post. Open 24h /24, it can accept fish, flowers,
fruit and vegetables, and frozen goods, as
well as chemicals and even … live animals.
4
express freight logistics platforms:
In 1994,
Jet Services put into service a 2000 sq. m.
deconsolidation depot. In the same year,
TAT Express opened its own private terminal
covering 1800 sq. m. In 1997, Chronopost inaugurated
a private building of more than 3000 sq. m.
lined with 2 unloading docks. In 1998, DHL
and the Airport together made investments to
transform a hangar into a 1500 sq. m. deconsolidation
depot for us by DHL. All the deconsolidation
depots have direct access to the runways.
Aircraft
parking areas next to the freight zone :
In 1997, new aircraft parking areas (15,000 sq. m. [161,500 sq. ft]) were commissioned,
located next to the express freight buildings. They can handle three cargo
aircraft simultaneously.
Future project:
The programme undertaken by
the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce
and Industry will ultimately
accept 200,000 metric tons on an area of 30
hectares (74 acres) reserved for the development
of new freight handling facilities.
Achievements
in 1999:
Third airport freight terminal, with
an area of 6000 sq. m.
Parking:
6,200 places
Freight:
Marseille-Provence, cargo hub for
Southern Europe In the heart of Southern Europe,
the
Marseille-Provence Airport is the natural doorway
to the African continent, the Mediterranean
basin and Southern Europe. It is second largest
airport in France for freight handling, with
38,500 metric tons per year. 77 towns have
direct links via 25 scheduled airlines (with
55 scheduled routes).
Passengers:
Third largest for passenger transport,
the Marseille-Provence international airport
greeted
more than 6 million (6,016,884) travellers
in 1999, and is aiming for 6,500,000 for 2000.
It is also 2nd after Paris for passenger traffic
to North
African and Corsica. 26 scheduled airlines and 80 towns with direct links (scheduled
and charter) in 27 countries, i.e., more than 900 regular weekly flights (around
620 domestic and 310 international). 44 flights daily link Marseille to Paris;
at the busiest times, a shuttle leaves every 30 minutes.
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