right. here we've attached a clock to that plane and it's counting down the aim is to empty it in that time. she has 30 minutes to do that. the night shift is the busiest year and goes from 9 pm to 6 am. it's when the largest number of staff members work. because most of us people pay good money to have beds livery by 6 in the morning or by noon we are in charge of making sure everything leaves as fast as possible. but typical delivery looks like this at 2 pm someone or noise says she wants to send a parcel to rome an hour later it's collected from the customer the truck takes it to the d.h.l. gateway airport. by 7 pm it's on a d.h.l.

cargo plane to hong kong for sorting in the d.h.l. hub. around midnight local time it sets off for leipsic. and arrives at 2 am central european time it's there and loaded onto another plane and sets off at 5 am for baggage in northern italy. and gets there at 7 am. then the parcel is taken by a truck to a sorting office in rome where a d.h.l. courier collects it. the courier delivers the parcel to the recipient at 10 30 am. but back to leipzig. once cabin container loading has been completed he runs idle has to monitor the loading of the planes holds this work is done by hand.

and then you were loading so-called blue straight into the belly hand the same way passenger baggage is loaded in passenger planes because this plane only has 15 positions the securing launch containers up in the cabin you know and within the allotted hour the plane is ready to take off for gann this time for frankfurt just one of $65.00 takeoffs and landings on this one large city airport. one way or another the aviation industry is going to have to reinvent itself not only because of the bend demick with more and more traffic clogging up streets of cities all over the world urban air mobility is no longer the stuff of science fiction airbus is just one of the company's hard at work on a design for a flying taxi which you topes will be ready for takeoff within just 3 years. to go through the 2. the new air bus flying taxi performed its 1st public flight

demonstration this summer or early reading. the fully electric city air bus reaches a cruising speed of 120 kilometers an hour and can carry up to 4 passengers. it's currently operated by joystick but is that to fly autonomous late later on. right now it can't go that far the battery is only enough for 15 minutes of flying time. but a team of 30 engineers is working to change that. goal for that day but it could still be a while before the city air bus goes into regular operation in europe there's no legal framework for that yet still airbus expects to get certification by 2023. every corner the aviation industry is reeling from the coronavirus crisis including

the 10s of thousands of people who work in europe's airports for the last few months to have felt like ghost towns all report a militant schmidt went to frankfurt airport to find out how retail concessions the shops and food service outlets that normally thronged with people buying snacks and last minute gifts have been fairing since the pandemic hit. it's great to be up in the air again this is my 1st flight in many months before the pandemic and the lock down i used to take a trip every 2 or 3 weeks. the mood on board is surprisingly good when the coronavirus crisis started most passengers were really nervous flights are a lot more expensive now. i've come to frankfurt to find out have the retail concession shops and food service outlets at the airport have been fairing since dependent make it and.

this is kind of change so much this place used to be a hive of activity always crowded a mass of people from around the world well it isn't anymore. almost half the shops in terminal one are shut or the other terminal closed down in april. sales at the shops that are open have slumped many people from the far east and the united states were keen to buy lots of products made in germany but they're nowhere to be seen now. head phones for a 1000 euros 1000 or the manager of the 9 shops here tells me they don't stay open all the time like they used to. opening hours are matched to arrivals and departures from. the airport management tells us about flights and how many passengers are on board and we open accordingly uncomment.

that means there are certain times of day when we're closed. here we tend to open at midday and in other sections we are open in the morning and evening but closed around midday there's no point worrying whether it's all going to be over soon that would just hasten the end better to stay positive and focus on the progress we're making. on department. there are almost no long haul flights at the moment almost all are within europe. but the last german sausage used to sell like hotcakes at this fast food stand 500 portions a day that is prepared gammick the airport made the sausage stand stay open throughout the lock down it's been losing money for months. he's a father of the money you people keep saying every crisis presents an opportunity when you've just been hit really hard by

a crisis that sounds really offensive. that's how i felt. on the other hand there is something to it to clyde. this is think it helps if you. understand closes it right he produces a cool show with a friend there will soon be on you tube. for such concessions to stem the bloodletting and make some money again many more people would have to come and buy something but passenger numbers are not expected to rise either fast or soon if it were wouldn't calling it'd be a good idea. to get to the for one thing there are contracts that say i have to carry on. because i have also invested hundreds of thousands of euros in this place . that i can't just walk away and. i still think frankfurt airport is

one of the very best locations in germany. and things will eventually get a lot better on the tickets that i'm struck of as. the airport operator says it's going to reduce the rents for the shops and the food outlets to help tide them over but it hasn't done it yet negotiations. there are still underway i wanted to ask the operator about these plans. but the press people are all working reduced hours and none were available for an interview which is a pity. to run easy. nobody has a clear idea how things will develop it's a scary situation recovery scraping by for a while longer or bankruptcy it's anybody's guess.

looking at things from above often gives you a new perspective and some space something that's very cool these days my colleague likes to share his view on life's challenges and here he is to tell us what getting a bird's eye view from a full sized glider. on limited freedom. i have total freedom the words he said my feet.

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