b'38American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comMiami International seeking AIR CARGO QUARTERLY to boost tonnage Miami International seeking to boost tonnage as top US global cargo airportBy Chris Barnett, AJOTThe 37,000 persons workingfreight moving through its 3,230 atMiamiInternationalAirportacres, Ralph Cutie, the airports (MIA)arestrappingontheirCEOandexecutivedirector, seatbelts for future growth, eventoldtheAmericanJournalof though it already holds enviableTransportationinanexclusive recordsforexpansionachievedinterview.For 2025, projections intheyearswhenCOVIDbitboostthattotaltomorethan deeply into virtually all US airportthree million tons, he adds.passenger and cargo traffic.But MIA is expected to make Withstrongsupportfroma quantum leap in international Miami-Dade Countys leadershipcargothroughputin2029when where Mayor DaniellaMiami-Dade County LevineCavaflatcompleteswhatis outsalutesMIAcalledaVertically asourlargestIntegratedCargo An Avianca Cargo A330-200F at Miami International Airporteconomic engine,Community (VICC), thegateway-tothea four-level, highly Avianca Cargo is throttling forwardAmericas airport hasautomated, robotic-been number one inpowered,cargo Avianca Cargo is throttling forward with strong partner and more capacity.the US for movingwarehouse, said to international freightbe one of the first of forthepast20its kind in the U.S. By Chris Barnett, AJOT yearsandisnowThe five year, thenumberthree800,000+square Amongtheworldairlines,fewcanmatchsuccess. Indeed, while Avianca itself discontinueddomesticairportfoot project is being Aviancashistoryofsurvivingtoughtimes,passenger flights for nine months, Avianca CargosformovingtotalRalph Cutie, MIA CEObuilt on 11.1 acres recoveringandprospering.Butthe105-year-oldfreighters kept operating uninterruptedly during thecargofreightand executive director ofairportlandby Bogota, Colombia based passenger airline, secondpandemic and since. and mail. Globally, it is the sixthMiamiGatewayPartners,a oldest after KLM, has emerged from Chapter 11As this is written, Avianca flies 150 routes tobusiestairportintheworldforprivatedeveloper,according bankruptcytwice,mostrecentlyinDecember75 destinations in 26 countries, in Latin Americahandling international cargo. to Cutie. He says it will double 2021, after it shed its debt and had been groundedalone it serves 55 cities.So far this year, the airlineRecord-breaking cargo growthMIAscurrentcargostorage by the COVID pandemic. Today, it is in a strong buthas added Caracas, Montreal, Charles de Gaulle inhas been continuous here for theand handling capacity to at least selective growth mode. Paris and Chicago OHare to its route list and islast four years.MIA expects to4.5 million tons, add 2,500 new AviancaCargo,itsall-freightsubsidiary,exploring opportunities to enter more new marketscomplete2024witharecord- (BOOSTcontinued on isamajorcontributortotheparentcompanys(THROTTLINGcontinued on page 42) breaking2.9milliontonsofpage 40)ideal forWith Chennault International Airport, youre easy in, easy through, easy out. Its an ideal site for moving breakbulk air cargo.air cargo. Chennaults two-mile runway can handle any aircraft flying today.Chennault also offers:ideal forfU.S. Customs clearance of select international aircraft, foreign crews and air cargo.the americas. fUncongested airspace and ground space.fA crosstown connection to the Port of Lake Charles, the nations 10th-busiest deepwater port.fAdjacent interstate access via I-210, plus nearby I-10.KANSAS CITY fSouth-central U.S. Gulf Coast location.ES WICHITA ST. LOUIS LOUISVILLE fExperience in hosting air cargo operations.00 MIL 600 MIL6AMARILLO OKLAHOMA TULSA ES KNOXVILLE Explore Chennault for breakbulk.MEMPHIS CHATTANOOGACITYLITTLEHUNTSVILLE Contact us to learn more.ROCKLUBBOCK BIRMINGHAMATLANTAFORTDALLAS JACKSON MONTGOMERYWORTHSHREVEPORT600 MILESMOBILE 600 MILESBATON ROUGETALLAHASSEEAUSTIN BEAUMONTSAN HOUSTON NEWANTONIO ORLEANSCHENNAULT(CWF) Gulf of MexicoCORPUS CHRISTILAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, USAIDEAL FOR YOU. Contact Chennault Executive Director Kevin Meltonchennault.organd team at [email protected] or 1-800-272-2422'