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Winnipeg’s Richardson International Airport continues to grow as an air cargo hub, with German courier DHL significantly increasing its capacity.
On Sept. 5, DHL connected Winnipeg to its U.S. hub in Cincinnati, Ohio, with daily weekday service using a B737-400F aircraft.
It had previously been operating service from Winnipeg to Minneapolis five times a week in a much smaller Beech 1900 turboprop plane.
DHL joins FedEx and UPS, which have also upgraded the size of the planes used in their trans-border business.
Richardson International Airport already has major sorting facilities for FedEx and Purolator, receives daily trans-border service from UPS and FedEx, and is a major hub for Cargojet Airways and Purolator.
Cargojet does the cross-Canada distribution for DHL, and it also provides ground-handling work for DHL’s trans-border flights in Winnipeg.
The additional capacity DHL is deploying in Winnipeg is part of a trend at the Winnipeg airport that, according to Winnipeg Airports Authority (WAA) CEO Barry Rempel, has seen tonnage capacity increase more than five per cent this year.
“What DHL is doing is further affirmation that the airport is a barometer of the economic environment here,” Rempel said. “I’ve yet to meet a carrier, particularly a freighter operator, that adds or increases capacity unless there is a proven demand somewhere.”
The WAA has been mindful of the growing demand in the cargo business, and additional ground-handling capacity was added when the new airport terminal was built five years ago. But that has all been used up. Rempel said additional capacity had to be built.
“This summer, we have undertaken some more work, including putting down a significant amount of new concrete that will help our capacity to overnight aircraft, both cargo and passenger,” he said.
Between 15 and 18 cargo planes land in Winnipeg every night. Rempel said that Cargojet, for instance, has about 20 to 25 landings in a typical month.
Rempel believes that the dramatic increase in DHL’s capacity in Winnipeg — DHL’s 737 has gross takeoff weight of 65 tonnes compared to eight metric tonnes with its former Beech 1900 — will likely mean that Cargojet will have to increase its ground-crew workforce by about 25 people.
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