International air freight from Canberra primed for take-off

© Yong hian Lim

An interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald examines the feasibility of boosting air freight in Canberra to ease congestion at Sydney. A new report reveals that reorganising freighter movements on the Singapore, Hong Kong and Middle Eastern routes to Canberra, which has no night time curfew, would boost the economy. It’s close enough by road, and would help Canberra “look global”.  Singapore Airlines has already launched a Canberra service and says there is freight demand.