Even as talks continue about turning St. Louis' under-used airport into a "Gateway to the East," the people who run it are looking to the south as well. Lambert-St. Louis International Airport last week signed an agreement with a fledgling Texas-based airline to explore the prospect of freight routes to Latin America. The deal between Lambert and Brownsville-based Pan American Airways Inc. is very preliminary. But it's the clearest sign yet that the region's long-discussed China Hub project - which will come to a head in the Missouri Legislature this week - in fact has more global ambitions.
Bob Hedrick, president of Brownsville-based Pan American Airways, recently signed a "memorandum of understanding" with the director of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in which PAA detailed plans to invest $50 million in St. Louis and $25 million in Brownsville for the development of cargo facilities. |
