Lambert, developers, Missouri officials make big push for air cargo industry

From the Illinois Business Journal. Tuesday, July 15, 2008
By Alan J. Ortbals

With empty gates, underused runways, a thousand acres of industrial park land and some of the biggest names in commercial real estate, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is poised to make a run at the international air cargo business.

In April, Missouri leaders returned from a trip to China with a Memorandum of Understanding to mutually analyze the feasibility of using Lambert as a hub for air cargo to and from China.