In the US, six gateway airports drive airport city and aerotropolis development. Two aerotropolis projects are underway in South Africa’s Johannesburg and Durban regions. Numerous Middle East countries have stated ambitions to develop airport cities at their primary air gateways and aerotropolises around them

There is no doubt that the times are extremely challenging for the global airline industry, but cargo offers one key area of resiliency, now and in the future. Airline and airport managements are well advised to treat cargo as the strategic asset that it is, to fully realize the revenue benefits that cargo has to offer.

Other world regions are also moving forward. Western Europe has built on its early airport city successes, while the Americas awoke from aerotropolis slumber with major projects, as have Africa and the Middle East.