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TRANSPORTATION: New international transshipment program for Calgary International Airport

            (AlbertaIndex, July 11, Wednesday) --- Calgary International Airport has launched an international program simplifying air carrier access to the city for air cargo trans-shipment. Businesses will find this an additional incentive to use the airport’s cargo facilities. 

            Trans-shipment allows air cargo to be moved through Canada for shipment to third countries. For example, cargo could be flown from overseas into Calgary, stored temporarily, and then flown to a final Latin-American destination. Trans-shipped cargo could also be shipped by rail or road from Calgary to the US.
           
The program enables the Canadian Transportation Agency to authorize any Canadian or foreign air carrier to use Calgary International Airport as a trans-shipment point for cargo coming from and destined for points outside Canada. While in Calgary, the cargo may also be stored until it is transported to its final destination by air or other mode.
            Canadian and foreign air carriers will now be able to use the airport to trans-ship international cargo, even if these rights are not provided in Canada’s bilateral air transport agreements. In addition, air carriers will be able to combine such cargo trans-shipments with other services for which they may be licensed.
            Lawrence Cannon, the Federal Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, who launched the program last week, said:
            “This program provides the Calgary International Airport with an additional tool to help it develop its air cargo capacity, which will have a positive impact on the local economy.”
            David Emerson, Minister of International Trade, said the government’s “comprehensive strategy” to implement the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative includes this air cargo trans-shipment program, leveraging Canada’s geographical position as a crossroads between Asia and the North American market.
            Similar trans-shipment programs were introduced at Mirabel (1982), Hamilton (1987), Windsor (1993), Gander (2000), Winnipeg (2004) and Edmonton (2006).

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