Bombardier Aerospace has opened a new aircraft parts distribution facility near Frankfurt International Airport in Germany.

Capable of storing up to 40,000 parts, the 4,650 square metre warehouse employs 30 full-time specialists and is capable of shipping more than 250 orders per day.

This is the third new facility to open within the past four months, following the inauguration of a mammoth worldwide distribution centre at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago in September 2005, and the aircraft service facility and spare parts depot, which opened in Dubai two months later.