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Interest in Cincinnati as air cargo hub spikes with Amazon plan
SOUTHWEST Cargo has opened its new cargo facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG) designed to manage bellyhold space capacity on flights through CVG.
Even though CVG has long been the consolidation point for DHL, when Amazon announced plans to establish its hub here, interest in Cincinnati exploded.
Initially, eight daily nonstop flights will serve CVG, with five to Chicago's Midway (MDW), and three to Baltimore's BWI, reports New York's Air Cargo World.
Despite having a network of nearly 4,000 daily flights, CVG was until recently, a blank spot on Southwest's map - though it had operated a few daily flights into been nearby Dayton, Ohio (DAY).
Southwest Cargo now doubles down on CVG. On May 26, the carrier closed its Dayton cargo facility in preparation for the launch of operations at CVG, which commenced earlier this month.
On the sidelines of AirCargo 2017 in Orlando, Southwest Cargo told Air Cargo World that although it was not working directly with Amazon at CVG, it would likely be uplifting some cargo destined for Amazon customers, via its freight forwarding partners.
Aside from landing planes at CVG, one other thing the Texas-based carrier shares with the e-commerce goliath, is its drive to improve the customer experience through IT.
Even though CVG has long been the consolidation point for DHL, when Amazon announced plans to establish its hub here, interest in Cincinnati exploded.
Initially, eight daily nonstop flights will serve CVG, with five to Chicago's Midway (MDW), and three to Baltimore's BWI, reports New York's Air Cargo World.
Despite having a network of nearly 4,000 daily flights, CVG was until recently, a blank spot on Southwest's map - though it had operated a few daily flights into been nearby Dayton, Ohio (DAY).
Southwest Cargo now doubles down on CVG. On May 26, the carrier closed its Dayton cargo facility in preparation for the launch of operations at CVG, which commenced earlier this month.
On the sidelines of AirCargo 2017 in Orlando, Southwest Cargo told Air Cargo World that although it was not working directly with Amazon at CVG, it would likely be uplifting some cargo destined for Amazon customers, via its freight forwarding partners.
Aside from landing planes at CVG, one other thing the Texas-based carrier shares with the e-commerce goliath, is its drive to improve the customer experience through IT.
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