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Growth of air freight between Arizona and Mexico has grown 30 percent since 2011, outperforming all other cargo-transportation methods nationally. Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport became home to the nation’s first air hub cargo processing center in January, which according to the office of Gov. Doug Ducey, was projected to create approximately 17,000 jobs in 2018. SkyBridge Arizona totals approximately $390 million per year and is expected to double by the year 2025.
The 360-acre commercial development enables distributors to skip the process of going through the international customs center in Mexico City creating a streamline for air cargo transport between the countries while providing “proper inspections and safety controls”. Jose Pablo Martinez of SkyBridge said, “We took a process that would normally take weeks and condensed it to a two-day journey at most. Taking this cargo through inspection could just take a few hours resulting in same-day delivery. We are entering a time when trade-shipping is more efficient than ever.”
