Philadelphia International set to take bigger cargo slice
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) has a significant amount of cargo in its catchment area to ...
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By Alex Lennane
Philadelphia Airport is hoping to lure cargo from other east coast airports, particularly New York, in a ‘build it, and they will come’ strategy.
The airport has partnered with Menzies Aviation, Kale Logistics and airport investor AFCO to build new facilities and a cargo community system, which it believes will boost its freight credentials and bring in air cargo carriers.
Jim Tyrrell, chief revenue officer for PHL airport, said the partnership would help it achieve the goal of becoming “the airport of ...
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