News / AF-KLM Cargo gets back to business after cost cuts, with major investment in ecommerce sorting facility

Following three years of cost-cutting exercises, AF-KLM Cargo is ready to build again, with the opening of a new sorting facility at Schiphol Airport marking the first of many new investments.

The new sorting system is designed to handle post, express, as well as some pharmaceutical consignments, and will process more than 2,000 items per hour – equal to 100 tons per day or 35,000 tons annually.

Speaking at a ceremony launching the system, chief executive of KLM Pieter Elbers said investing in ...