Wed, 05/19/2021 - 10:20am
Cargo planes from companies including Nippon Cargo Airlines, China Airlines Cargo and Korean Air Cargo, are parked in a row at Ted Sevens Anchorage International Airport on May 11. Several projects totaling as much as $1 billion worth of investment are planned or underway as shippers expand their airport footprints and take advantage of cargo transfer excemptions. (Photo/Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News)
Cargo traffic through Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with scores of jets arriving daily from Asia.
They brought with them computers, cell phones, pharmaceuticals and other products in high demand from homebound people in the Lower 48, airport officials said.