Ontario on its way to confirming cargo role
Located in the eastern part of the Los Angeles agglomeration, Ontario International Airport (ONT) is celebrating five years of local ownership. On 1 November 2016, leaders of the City of Ontario and San Bernardino County thankfully accepted ownership of the airport from the City of Los Angeles, and proclaimed that ONT would become a vital economic engine for the region and a safe and secure aviation gateway.
The past five years also have brought continued growth in ONT’s cargo operations, which now rank among the Top 10 in North America. Last November, Federal Express opened its new 23,300 sqm operations centre at the airport, and together with UPS, Amazon and other freight haulers processed more than 900,000 t of incoming and outgoing cargo in 2020. (ah)