Are airport consultants worth the millions to create Illinois to China route?

There’s another, depressing airport cargo story in the US: a county in Illinois has spent more than $2.5m on consultants since 2008 in the belief – promoted by the consultants – that it can start a profitable trade route to China. It has also subsidised MidAmerica Airport to the tune of $89m since 2002. The result of all this cash, which continues to be spent? 182 tons have flown through the airport in the past six years (84 tons of ...