Wichita Eisenhower gains cargo service

Southwest Airlines is to commence its Southwest Cargo service at Wichita Eisenhower National airport.

The service, which begins on Thursday July 14, will be launched in partnership with Leadfoot Express, an indirect air cargo carrier: this latter will collect and drop off shipments for customers. Southwest Cargo, though, isn’t the first at the station for FedEx, DHL, UPS and UPS Supply Chain Solutions are already established there.

Southwest has said that it will make use of its fleet of Next Generation Boeing 737 passenger jets for the service. In Wichita, the cargo will be shipped on one of Southwest’s four daily flights to St Louis, Phoenix and Las Vegas. An international option is not on the cards at present, however.