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Jul 1, 2008 (newstodate): Airbus has selected Kuehne+Nagel as lead logistics provider and DHL as lead transport provider, becoming Tier 1 partners for Airbus.
The Airbus new logistics concept foresees the successive consolidation of all local warehouse facilities into regional hubs in Hamburg, Germany, Toulouse, Nantes-Saint Nazaire in France, Madrid, Puerto-Real in Spain and Broughton, the UK, by 2010. They will be fully managed and operated by Kuehne+Nagel.
As lead transport provider DHL will implement a full transport management system and streamline the transport of moving materials from the supplier to the Airbus manufacturing plants.
Shipments of Airbus aircraft sections by air, sea and road are not part of this new contract with DHL.
The Airbus new logistics concept foresees the successive consolidation of all local warehouse facilities into regional hubs in Hamburg, Germany, Toulouse, Nantes-Saint Nazaire in France, Madrid, Puerto-Real in Spain and Broughton, the UK, by 2010. They will be fully managed and operated by Kuehne+Nagel.
As lead transport provider DHL will implement a full transport management system and streamline the transport of moving materials from the supplier to the Airbus manufacturing plants.
Shipments of Airbus aircraft sections by air, sea and road are not part of this new contract with DHL.