Qantas is one of two large air freight operators to ink major deals with Western Sydney International Airport.
On land that was once dotted with farms and market gardens, the skeleton of a giant air cargo warehouse rises out of rain-sodden earth at the southern end of Sydney’s new international airport.
The first will be dedicated freighter aircraft from Qantas and Menzies Aviation, one of the world’s largest air freight operators, after the companies both signed deals to operate warehouses at In an expansion of the original plans, Western Sydney Airport has raised $805 million in debt financing, the majority of which will be spent on building the cargo precinct, and the remainder on a business park at the northern end of the airport. The warehouses are set to become highly automated as conveyor belts shift parcels and other goods.
Western Sydney Airport’s cargo hub will initially have capacity to handle 220,000 tonnes of freight a year, increasing the city’s air cargo capacity by a third. However, the new airport has room to grow to 1.
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