Article: LA/ONT cargo preparing for takeoff

ONTARIO - By 2030, air traffic is expected to grow from 7 million passengers a year to 30 million passengers annually at the airport.

And as passenger volume goes up, so too is cargo expected to grow in the next two decades.

In anticipation of that growth, airport officials and city staff have worked to fill underutilized land in the northwest section of the airport, which includes the West End cargo parking area and a portion of the former Lockheed site, said Maria Tesoro-Fermin, spokeswoman for LA/Ontario International Airport.

"Although there has been a decrease in cargo and passengers we need to be looking into the future," Tesoro-Fermin said. "This region will definitely expand and ...

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