Major US hubs must invest in cargo or lose it permanently to smaller airports
The pandemic threw airfreight patterns into reverse – and now large forwarders are considering making ...
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A “crazy” first quarter for Rickenbacker International Airport (Columbus, Ohio) has seen air cargo throughput soar almost sixfold to 11,200 tonnes.
In addition to six scheduled freighter services per week now operated by Cathay Pacific and Cargolux, manufacturers in the US Midwest filled 85 charters in February and March alone, said Bryan Schreiber, air cargo business development manager for the Columbus Airport Authority.
Demand soared as the labour dispute in US West Coast ports jammed warehouses and led to shipping lines rescheduling ...
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