News / Edmonton Airport builds capacity to keep pace with continuing cargo growth

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Edmonton International Airport has lost its international passenger flights twice in the past 12 months, but that has not stopped the growth of its cargo traffic.

The Canadian airport is setting the wheels in motion to boost capacity by increasing space for freighter parking and for temperature-sensitive shipments.

One of the measures taken by the federal government to slow the spread of the second wave of Covid-19 was reducing international passenger flights to four gateways – Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal – ...