Cargo Airlines
Between late 2009 and August 2010, one air cargo company, LAN Cargo, used the airport to import flowers from Bogota, Colombia, totaling one flight each week until the county abruptly ended the flights. Although when it was originally constructed, FedEx seriously considered using it as a central hub for the midwest, due to delays in its construction and governmental red tape, they ultimately decided on Memphis instead.
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Famous quotes containing the word cargo:
“Nitrates and phosphates for ammunition. The seeds of war. They’re loading a full cargo of death. And when that ship takes it home, the world will die a little more.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)