Partnership with China airport solidifies MidAmerica's Asia cargo trade
File photo of MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah on May 2, 2001. Photo by Odell Mitchell Jr.
October 04, 2012 5:39 pm • BY MARLON A. WALKER
MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Director Tim Cantwell has announced a partnership with a Chinese airport establishing a trade route connecting air cargo from Asia to the Americas.
Cantwell and an official from Ningbo Lishe International Airport in China announced the partnership at the International Air Cargo Association's annual Air Cargo Forum in Atlanta on Wednesday. The deal has been kept under wraps since January, officials said.
The cooperation will allow MidAmerica tenant North Bay Produce to ship products between Asia and North America, part of the company's growth plan over the coming years.
The Ningbo Lishe International Airport is just southwest of Ningbo City in China's Zhiezhang Province.
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