Fiege Air Cargo Logistics will manage all general cargo handling at the North Rhine-Westphalia hub starting 1 January under Christian Biesecke.
Ground handler Fiege Air Cargo Logistics (FACL) will take over operations for the Cologne Bonn Cargo Center from dnata at the start of next year.
The North Rhine-Westphalia airport said that from 1 January Fiege would become the ”long-term partner managing all general air cargo handling” at the hub.
Christian Biesecke, who has previously run cargo operations at Leipzig/Halle and Dresden, will head up the new business.
Fiege Air Cargo Logistics managing director Benjamin Looser said: “Taking over the Cologne Bonn Cargo Center is an important step for us in terms of our growth strategy.
”After overseeing our customer operations in Frankfurt and Zurich, we are now taking on for the first time the entire General Cargo Handling at an airport.
”We are very grateful to Cologne Bonn Airport for the open dialogue and the trust that the cargo team places in us.”
Cenk Özöztürk, managing director Flughafen Köln/Bonn, added: “This decision is the result of highly constructive talks plus a shared understanding on how to advance our location and develop new potential markets. We look forward to a lasting, trusting collaboration with Fiege, with whom we wish to sustainably strengthen and expand general cargo operations at Cologne Bonn Airport.”
Fiege also manages the physical handling of cargo at the Lufthansa Cargo Center (LCC) at Frankfurt Airport and since the start of 2025 has also been the mail handling partner for Swiss WorldCargo at Zurich Airport.
Additionally, Buck CargoLogistik, a Fiege subsidiary, carries out ground handling activities at Frankfurt Airport for companies like Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) and Qatar Airways.
