Expanding Dulles International Airport into a cargo hub will not happen overnight.
It will require, as we report in Friday's Washington Business Journal, hundreds of thousands of square feet of new warehouse and facility space on and off the Dulles footprint, a widened of Route 606 from two to four lanes, and stronger ties between the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA), Loudoun County, the airlines, manufacturers, freight forwarders and haulers.
These things take time, and a lot of money. But perhaps the effort starts small: with flowers.
In February, Dulles welcomed the first shipment of Hypericum flowers from Ethiopia — nearly two tons delivered by Ethiopian Airlines. The highlands of Ethiopia are a world hotspot for the budding flower market, thanks to its elevation, soil quality and weather conditions.
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