Latvian airline Airbaltic, together with its most important stakeholders, officially opened the new Baltic Cargo Hub at the Rix Riga Airport – one of the largest air freight facilities in the air freight in the Baltics.
The event gathered around 200 guests, including the Transport Minister of the Republic of Latvia, international postal and freight partners as well as representatives of various institutions and industry organizations.
The Baltic Cargo Hub is intended to support the growing demand for efficient and modern air freight services at Rix Riga Airport. The facility is located directly on the cargo apron and with advanced semi -automatic material handling systems and enables quick and seamless freight processing. It has unique features such as temperature-controlled rooms for sensitive materials pharmaceuticals as well as special areas for dangerous goods, living animals and valuables. Integrated food and veterinary service facilities and a customs control point will further optimize the freight operation.
Pauls Cālītis, Interim CEO and COO of Airbaltic: “The opening of the Baltic freight trabnus marks a large milestone in strengthening the airfrontructure in the region. This state-of-the-art interior significantly increases the handling of the loading activities. In order to further develop our freight services and support our role in international logistics.
Arvīds Maurāns, chairman of the Baltic Cargo Center board: “The new Baltic Cargo Hub is a future-oriented investment in more intelligent, faster and more adaptable load operations. It was with a clear focus on flexibility, efficiency, efficiency and various needs of the global freight operators. Riga. Meilenstein is the result of a strong cooperation and the commitment of many parties, and it shows our common ambition to support the continued growth of freight and mail transit by Latvia.
The Baltic Cargo hub also shows the strong commitment of Airbaltic for sustainability. During the entire construction process, the building information model (BIM) was used to optimize efficiency, and the facility corresponds to the BREEAM sustainability standards and sets a new benchmark for environmentally friendly development in the aviation industry.
The project was developed in close cooperation with leading industrial partners and Saß Upb -Nams -Managing the Construction Works, the Ozola Un Bula Architect Office, monitored architecture design and the BLV consulting group for technical supervision.