Swissport announces expansion of Nairobi cargo facility and flower exporting hub

Swissport is expanding its cargo centre at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with “a new 750sqm interconnected cold storeroom with direct access from the perishable’s hub to the airside”. The addition can hold 110 aircraft pallets, or a load that fits on around three B747 freighters, Swissport explained, with four of the six storerooms for perishable cargo and two to hold pharmaceuticals. In 2022, Swissport in Kenya handled 55,000 tons of cargo in Kenya,  of which about 44,000 tons were perishable cargo exported from JKIA, and 75% of which was made up of fresh cut flowers exported to Europe via