Airports can seek improvement in the interests of industry, the carriers, the community, and specifically the shipper. This becomes an important role in the business health of the airport service area. Air carriers and forwarders are often headquartered elsewhere and their interests are therefore, dispersed. Only the airport has a single-minded interest in local prosperity and the need to be competitive. Airports must assume the lead and take on this responsibility.
New problems arise in air cargo operations.
The growing role of intermodal service focuses new attention on airport access. Physical and commercial relationships with ground transport operators are a new and growing challenge. Main objectives To become a central logistic tool serving the economic interest of its region, airports must provide logistic centers that including cargo carrier terminals, freight forwarder warehouses, integrators hubs, and regional distribution centers. Airports must contribute to an areas economic development, quality of customer service, and provide adequate links to world markets, as well as providing for intermodal integration. Key issues for airports are adequate security, simplified customs procedures, adequate cargo access, environmental impact, planned growth, and global visibility.