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Local News - Local News - October 11, 2012
Air cargo volume climbs at Spokane airport
Big increase attributed to 'through traffic' from UPS

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

UPS dispatches up to four flights out of Spokane International Airport daily.
UPS dispatches up to four flights out of Spokane International Airport daily.
—Staff photo by Mike McLean
The amount of cargo going in and out of Spokane International Airport has risen dramatically so far this year, but most of that increase is just passing through, say representatives of the airport and a freight handler.

Spokane International Airport's traffic and operations report shows that total cargo through the first eight months of the year has climbed 22.9 percent compared with the year-earlier period.

Total cargo measures both inbound and outbound air freight....


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