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Cathay gets in early before Rickenbacker opens cargo terminal in 2016
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE partnership is expected to develop a 100,000 square-foot air cargo terminal at Ohio's Rickenbacker International Airport, one of the world's few dedicated cargo airports.
With scheduled service by Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific, Cargolux and Emirates airlines, the airport has experienced a 40 per cent increase in cargo year-to-date.
Already under construction, is a new air traffic control tower, also the result of a Columbus region community partnership.
The new air cargo facility, which is expected to be ready for occupancy by mid-2016, will be built on land that the Columbus Regional Airport Authority will lease to Distribution Land Corp. (DLC), a subsidiary of Mast Global.
DLC will build the facility and lease the space to companies that can benefit from this strategic location that allows for the expedited transfer of cargo between aircraft and trucks.
The State of Ohio, JobsOhio and City of Columbus will join DLC and the Airport Authority in funding construction of the new cargo terminal and related airport infrastructure.
State funding, critical to the project, is dependent upon Controlling Board approval.
Meanwhile, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners is assisting the Airport Authority with financing construction of a fully modernised air traffic control tower, which will replace the outdated 1950s facility.
The new control tower is expected to be operational in early 2016.
"By leveraging the resources of the community, we share the risks and benefits to continue growing the nearly US$3 billion in annual economic impact created by the Rickenbacker Inland Port," said Columbus Regional Airport Authority chairwoman Susan Tomasky.
The authority will contribute more $9 million to the project. Industrial development is also booming, including recent new distribution centres for BASF, AmericanShowa and others, which contribute to over 60 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space in the area.
As one of the world's few cargo-dedicated airports, Rickenbacker International Airport offers an uncongested option to move air cargo to, from and within the United States.
The airport is a critical logistics component of Rickenbacker Inland Port, which also includes an intermodal terminal, industrial development, a Foreign-Trade Zone and much more.
The inland port is recognised for its strategic location, which is within a 10-hour truck drive to 47 per cent of the US population, 44 per cent of the manufacturing capacity and 48 per cent of US headquarter operations.
With scheduled service by Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific, Cargolux and Emirates airlines, the airport has experienced a 40 per cent increase in cargo year-to-date.
Already under construction, is a new air traffic control tower, also the result of a Columbus region community partnership.
The new air cargo facility, which is expected to be ready for occupancy by mid-2016, will be built on land that the Columbus Regional Airport Authority will lease to Distribution Land Corp. (DLC), a subsidiary of Mast Global.
DLC will build the facility and lease the space to companies that can benefit from this strategic location that allows for the expedited transfer of cargo between aircraft and trucks.
The State of Ohio, JobsOhio and City of Columbus will join DLC and the Airport Authority in funding construction of the new cargo terminal and related airport infrastructure.
State funding, critical to the project, is dependent upon Controlling Board approval.
Meanwhile, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners is assisting the Airport Authority with financing construction of a fully modernised air traffic control tower, which will replace the outdated 1950s facility.
The new control tower is expected to be operational in early 2016.
"By leveraging the resources of the community, we share the risks and benefits to continue growing the nearly US$3 billion in annual economic impact created by the Rickenbacker Inland Port," said Columbus Regional Airport Authority chairwoman Susan Tomasky.
The authority will contribute more $9 million to the project. Industrial development is also booming, including recent new distribution centres for BASF, AmericanShowa and others, which contribute to over 60 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space in the area.
As one of the world's few cargo-dedicated airports, Rickenbacker International Airport offers an uncongested option to move air cargo to, from and within the United States.
The airport is a critical logistics component of Rickenbacker Inland Port, which also includes an intermodal terminal, industrial development, a Foreign-Trade Zone and much more.
The inland port is recognised for its strategic location, which is within a 10-hour truck drive to 47 per cent of the US population, 44 per cent of the manufacturing capacity and 48 per cent of US headquarter operations.
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