DHL Specific Opens Miami-to-Argentina Cargo Transport Route

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DHL Specific began delivery this week from Miami to Argentina, as a part of its cargo hauling growth from South Florida to Latin America.

DHL plans to fly cargo six days every week between Miami Worldwide Airport and Ezeiza Worldwide Airport in Buenos Aires, the worldwide delivery agency mentioned. This comes after the corporate launched direct service from Miami to Brazil final 12 months, tapping into rising enterprise and commerce between america and Latin America.

Every DHL flight between Miami and Buenos Aires can carry 52 tons of cargo, the corporate mentioned this week. After touchdown in Buenos Aires, the planes will go to Santiago, Chile earlier than returning to Miami airport.

The brand new flights to Argentina are instance of one other firm increasing its cargo operation in Miami, because the airport turns into a wider gateway to Latin America.

Chilean airline LATAM Airways Group can also be betting large on its delivery prospects from South Florida.

“Our greatest cargo market is Miami,” Martin St. George, chief business officer for LATAM, instructed the Miami Herald in July. He mentioned by the tip of 2023, the airline expects to have a fleet of 20 planes that often fly cargo between Miami and Latin America.

Already, LATAM was the fourth-largest of 80-plus cargo transporters at Miami airport, throughout the 12-month interval by July, based on knowledge offered by airport officers. The airline hauled 257,563 tons of cargo in that stretch, a 12% improve over the identical interval the prior 12 months.

In the meantime, American Airways, the largest and increasing passenger airline at Miami airport, ranked eighth there over the previous 12 months, hauling 107,468 tons of cargo. Miami is American’s second-largest cargo hub after Dallas/Fort Price Worldwide Airport, Juan Carlos Liscano, American’s vice chairman of Miami hub operations instructed the Herald in July. “It’s actually vital.”

As of August, the variety of airways transporting cargo by Miami elevated to 96 carriers, together with airways that carry cargo solely and people hauling passengers with stomach cargo. International airways which have cargo-only flights embrace Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways and KLM/MartinAir from the Netherlands.

In the meantime, DHL mentioned this week its new flight service from Miami to Buenos Aires ought to improve by 50% the chance of same-day U.S. Customs clearance and supply. The agency additionally mentioned its supply instances for U.S. shipments will enhance because of the expanded delivery service.

“The introduction of this new flight to Argentina reinforces our unwavering dedication to world commerce by delivering quicker and extra environment friendly delivery and logistics options, and addressing the rising demand within the area,” Mike Parra, CEO of DHL Specific Americas, mentioned earlier this week in a ready assertion.

DHL Aero Expreso, a Panama-based airline that operates cargo providers in Latin America and the Caribbean, added direct flights from Miami to Brazil final 12 months. Whereas it had served Brazil previous to that, the primary devoted flight was a response to “rising worldwide delivery wants between Brazil and the U.S.,” it mentioned on the time.

A Boeing 767-300F plane flies six instances every week from Miami to Brazil’s Viracopos Airport, in Campinas, a metropolis about 70 miles north of São Paulo, hauling about 620 tons of cargo weekly.

DHL’s new Argentina cargo flights from Miami are a part of the corporate’s general delivery growth within the Americas and greater than $360 million in investments between 2020 and 2022. DHL cited a increase in delivery demand ensuing from the rising e-commerce sector. In 2021, the corporate had added direct cargo flights from Miami to Chile.

Miami is predicted to proceed taking part in a central function in rising cargo transport by DHL Specific and quite a few different carriers.

LATAM’s inbound cargo consists largely of perishables like flowers from Colombia and Ecuador and salmon, asparagus, berries and different seafood from the remainder of South America.

St. George, the LATAM government, mentioned in July that, “the great thing about Miami is from a street entry perspective, it’s one-day entry to a giant chunk of the important thing markets within the U.S.”

And so, “it actually has turn into a market that’s seen as a focus for delivery perishables into the U.S,,” he mentioned.

DHL Group ranks No. 3 on the Transport Matters Prime 50 checklist of the most important world freight corporations.