IAG Cargo adds to Heathrow’s Premia facilities

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Friday, 23 September 2016

IAG Cargo is to build a new premium freight facility at its London Heathrow Hub.
The new building will be twice the size of its existing Premia facility and will have a larger dedicated Constant Climate Quality Centre for pharmaceuticals, new delivery and collection doors and an advanced warehouse management system that will prioritise freight.  

Set to become operational in 2018, the building will operate alongside IAG Cargo’s existing Premia facility.  The new building will manage the flow-through of all express Prioritise shipments and passive Constant Climate shipments.  

Drew Crawley, chief executive of IAG Cargo said: “IAG Cargo’s four airlines now carry more premium freight than at any point in their combined history. With the continued growth of high speed e-commerce and cool chain logistics in particular , as well as the ongoing expansion of the IAG family and network, we need facilities that are ready for the next generation of premium freight.”

‘We believe that the  blend of our next generation aircraft, new freight facilities such as this one and our expanding  network means that IAG Cargo is extremely well positioned in the market to meet the current and future premium freight demands of all our customers.”