Deutsche Post DHL opened this European transshipment point – called a "hub" in the logistics industry – in May 2008 after two years of construction at the Leipzig/Halle airport. Built for its express and logistics subsidiary DHL, the Group invested approximately EUR300 million in the new facility. Each night, DHL's European hub handles an average volume of 1,500 tons of freight flown in from all around the world. The sorting facility handles more than 100,000 parcels and documents an hour, and at 6.5 kilometers in length, is among the largest in the world. The Leipzig/Halle hub offers regular daily flights to over 50 destinations in Europe, Asia and the U.S., making it one of the DHL Express network's most important hubs alongside its Cincinnati and Hong Kong hubs.