UNITED TO BUILD $26.5-MILLION CARGO CENTER AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL
United Airlines has started construction on a $26.5-million cargo
facility at Miami International Airport.
The facility, to be completed in late 2000, will house 95,000 square
feet of cargo space under a fabric-covered tent-style "Rubb" roof. The
facility will include 7,000 square feet of cold storage for perishables,
including flowers, fruits and vegetables. The building will also
accommodate 20 dock bays.
An additional 52,000 square feet of space will be available for expansion.
United handled 62,500 tons of cargo in Miami in 1998. The airline
averages about 3,000 tons a week at Miami, of which about half is
perishables.