New International Air Cargo Facility at Birmingham Airport Economic Boost for the Southeast

By Kim Hunt | Birmingham Airport Authority During a community celebration last week, the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) cut the ribbon on a new 53,000 square foot facility. The building was the centerpiece of a project that has helped create a new line of business for the airport. “This facility is the result of a lot of hard work and a strong belief that Birmingham should play a key role in moving cargo in the southeast,” said Ronald F. Mathieu, President and CEO of the Birmingham Airport Authority. The Board believed in this project and our team worked all the channels simultaneously to make it happen,” said Mathieu. In 2022, the board moved forward with the design of the new cargo facility. In February of 2023, the Authority joined global logistics company, Kuehne+Nagel in announcing a new partnership. That partnership led to weekly, international cargo flights from Stuttgart, Germany into Birmingham. Since the inaugural flight in April of 2023, Kuehne+Nagel and their partners have operated the flights out of a temporary location. Now that the project is completed, Kuehne+Nagel is leasing the facility from the airport and will begin to move their customer cargo through the building. This new partnership...