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An Amazon Prime Air aircraft parked at Austin-Bergstrom International. A boom in air cargo into Austin has airport officials moving ahead with plans to build a $23.3 million, 90,000-square-foot cargo facility.
Cardboard shipping boxes piling up in your home during the pandemic? There s a good chance more than a few traveled on a plane through Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Air cargo is booming as companies like UPS, FedEx and Amazon Air accommodate a surge in online shopping. Now, airport officials are ready to spend millions on a new facility to meet demand. It is a very big increase [of cargo], Austin Aviation Department s Chief of Business and Finance Mookie Patel said. Companies were constantly asking for more space, more space. We started creating a waiting list.
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