News / Ohio's Rickenbacker joins US airport scramble to capture online retail traffic

In recent years Rickenbacker, the cargo airport of Columbus, Ohio, has become a ’poster boy’ for alternative gateways. Now it is eyeing the e-commerce sector.

It used to attract charters hauling in apparel to stock retail outlets in the US north-east (and still does), but scheduled international freighter operations remained elusive until Cargolux started regular service five years ago.

Subsequently, Cathay Pacific, Emirates and Etihad followed suit, and the addition of a third Etihad flight in October pushed Rickenbacker’s tally to 15 scheduled international ...