As the fifth-largest U.S. airport in terms of cargo, Miami International Airport continues to welcome the logistics community. The airport is perhaps one of the most diversified in the U.S. It is a leading importer of flowers – 80 percent of all flowers imported to the U.S. move through its port district.
Considered the largest U.S. gateway to Latin America, and representing about 38 percent of Brazil’s air trade market alone, the airport is looking to diversify flights.
In August 2018, Ethiopian Airlines launched the first of two weekly freighter flights between the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and Miami, creating the first-ever cargo-only route between the African continent and MIA. The scheduled flights operate on a route that includes stops in Spain, Belgium and Colombia on inbound and outbound services.