Norbert Onkelbach on air cargo growth potential at Lima’s new airport

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Norbert Onkelbach discusses the growth potential of air cargo at Lima's new airport and future plans for integration with seafreight.

Lima Airport Partners Chief Commercial Officer Norbert Onkelbach expects his new facility to expand its air cargo market share, he says in this week’s episode of “Cargo Facts Connect.” Onkelbach sat down with Cargo Facts at the IATA World Cargo Symposium in Lima, Peru, this week to discuss the capabilities of Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM), which “has undergone a significant expansion, increasing its land area from 270 hectares to 940 hectares,” he says. The construction was backed by Germany-based global airport operator Fraport, which acquired an 80% stake in Lima Airport Partners in 2001. While Onkelbach says he sees “increasing e-commerce interest from all over the world,” LIM is “exporting more than 60% in perishables, blueberries, avocados and, increasingly, mangoes.” Lima Airport Partners may consider developing a direct cargo corridor between LIM and Peru’s seaport, Onkelbach says. “We see another opportunity as our location of the airport is just eight kilometers from the seaport to basically, in the future, develop contract concepts to integrate seafreight and airfreight.” Onkelbach hopes to secure the support of the federal and provincial governments of Peru…

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Host: Robert Luke

Guest: Norbert Onkelbach

Topics covered

• air cargo growth
• Lima Airport
• e-commerce
• perishables export
• economic zones
• seafreight integration

Keywords

• air cargo
• Lima Airport Partners
• Fraport
• e-commerce
• perishables
• economic zones
• seafreight

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lima Airport Partners, Fraport

Products: blueberries, avocados, mangoes

Places: Peru, Jorge Chavez International Airport, Lima, LIM, Peru’s seaport

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