Air cargo shipments are growing at ONT
At Ontario International Airport (ONT) in California, air cargo shipments totalled more than 68,500 t in October 2022, a nearly 1% gain compared with October 2019. From January through October, ONT’s shipments of freight and mail were more than 687,000 t, nearly 10% above the volumes in the same period in 2019, the last year before the pandemic.
“Ontario International plays critical role in one of the world’s most robust supply chain hubs, creating jobs and economic opportunities across the Inland Empire and throughout Southern California,” said Atif Elkadi, OIAA chief executive officer.
Elkadi pointed to a newly released study by Oxford Economics which showed Ontario International generating USD 3.8 billion in annual economic activity, supporting 27,800 jobs and serving as the hub of a logistics network that produces USD 17.8 billion in economic output. (cj)