Transportation experts will gather today, Nov. 12, at Sacramento International Airport to review trends and specific projects that can make the Sacramento region a new international crossroads for goods movement to the Pacific Rim while providing new job and business opportunities for our region. An update on The Big Build expansion project at Sacramento International Airport will show how Sacramento will be well positioned to serve both passengers and goods needed for the projected increase ... hsilliman Reno 2009-11-13T20:07:27Z 2009-11-13T20:07:27Z

Nope it is true - sorry but lets start with DHL, they are out of the domestic delivery business and do not fly planes or drive trucks around here any more. When was the last time you saw a DHL Truck? Second issue is that FedEx fly’s out of Sacramento International not Mather. Three, UPS fly into Mather in the AM to drop off freight and flys out in the PM to take the outbound freight. UPS has a west coast hub in Irvine and Oakland, FedEx has west coast hubs in Oakland and L.A. There are no air hubs in Sacramento. As far as the commuter traffic you are correct, however, I never mentioned commuter traffic in my post.

Reno 2009-11-13T20:07:27Z Geoffrey Sakala 2009-11-13T15:05:17Z 2009-11-13T15:05:17Z

Not true. Mather Commerce Center and the Mather Airport is the West coast shipping hub for UPS, DHL, and Fedex. There are planes flying in and out every day with thousands of packages. There is also a passenger commercial airport at Mather which sees a lot of commuter traffic especially for corporations like Intel.

Geoffrey Sakala 2009-11-13T15:05:17Z Reno 2009-11-12T17:38:47Z 2009-11-12T17:38:47Z

We have some of the largest airports in California (Mather and McClellan) and yet we have hardly any flights in or out of those airports. If our region was on top of this we could turn either one of those airports into transportation centers that could service the entire west cost and create jobs here not in Texas or L.A.!

Reno 2009-11-12T17:38:47Z