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California's Ontario airport make 15.5pc gain in January cargo
来源：Shipping News Headlines 编辑：编辑部 发布：2021/02/23 09:22:45
SOUTHERN California's Ontario International Airport (ONT) began 2021 just as it ended 2020, with a double-digit increase in commercial freight volume while the Covid crisis continued to depress passenger numbers.
January freight volume totalled more than 70,500 tons, a 15.6 per cent increase compared to the same month last year as consumer continued to rely on e-commerce to keep their households and businesses supplied, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
At the same time, shipments of mail more than doubled year on year to 3,225 tons.
"Cargo continued to be a source of strength in January like it was for all of 2020," said airport authority CEO Mark Thorpe.
"Freight shippers continued to show great confidence in our ability to provide the infrastructure and facilities they needed to meet increasing demands on the e-commerce supply chain," he said.
January's cargo volume continued a trend of double-digit growth at ONT, which saw freight tonnage increase 10 per cent in 10 different months last year.
In November, FedEx Express completed a US$100 million investment in its ONT facilities, the centrepiece of which is a 251,000-square foot complex with a sorting facility capable of handling 12,000 packages per hour, nine wide-body aircraft gates, 14 feeder aircraft gates and 18 truck docks.
In January, 66 per cent fewer passengers used the airports compared to January 2020. More than 145,000 were domestic passengers and 6,475 were international fliers.
January freight volume totalled more than 70,500 tons, a 15.6 per cent increase compared to the same month last year as consumer continued to rely on e-commerce to keep their households and businesses supplied, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
At the same time, shipments of mail more than doubled year on year to 3,225 tons.
"Cargo continued to be a source of strength in January like it was for all of 2020," said airport authority CEO Mark Thorpe.
"Freight shippers continued to show great confidence in our ability to provide the infrastructure and facilities they needed to meet increasing demands on the e-commerce supply chain," he said.
January's cargo volume continued a trend of double-digit growth at ONT, which saw freight tonnage increase 10 per cent in 10 different months last year.
In November, FedEx Express completed a US$100 million investment in its ONT facilities, the centrepiece of which is a 251,000-square foot complex with a sorting facility capable of handling 12,000 packages per hour, nine wide-body aircraft gates, 14 feeder aircraft gates and 18 truck docks.
In January, 66 per cent fewer passengers used the airports compared to January 2020. More than 145,000 were domestic passengers and 6,475 were international fliers.