DHL Express has opened its new international hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.

In a statement, DHL said it invested €170 million into the new location, which is ten times larger than the previous site.

It is DHL Express' largest investment in Europe in recent years and the biggest ever in France since its arrival in 1976.

"The facility will strengthen DHL's foothold in France, having also invested €80 million in its French infrastructures over the last six years," DHL said.

John Pearson, CEO DHL Express said the DHL Express hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport will play a key role in the company's international network.

"This is the fourth largest hub in our European network in terms of size and parcel processing volume, after Leipzig, East Midlands and Brussels. It is one of our 23 hubs around the world, 12 of which are in Europe," Pearson added.

"... With ultramodern infrastructures fitted at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and our presence in 220 countries around the world, we have all the tools needed to meet the new challenges of an increasingly connected world," he added.

Both in France and the rest of the world, the growth in parcel shipments linked to e-commerce has considerably accelerated due to Covid-19 and is continuing at a very sustained pace in 2021.

In 2020, e-commerce enabled DHL Express France to grow its volume by about eight percent compared to 2019. With the recovery of trade for its long-standing B2B customers, activity at DHL Express is intensifying in 2021.