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Port Authority Welcomes New Amazon Air Gateway Operation at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport
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Port Authority Welcomes New Amazon Air Gateway Operation at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport

TOLEDO, Ohio, March 18, 2021 – The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is proud to welcome a new Amazon Air gateway at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL). Amazon Air’s Toledo Gateway is anticipated to create more than 50 new jobs and will service daily flights, supporting fast, free shipping for Amazon customers in Ohio and throughout the region. Amazon’s first plane arrived at TOL last night at 10:36 p.m. and departed TOL at 8:57 a.m. this morning.

Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2021

TOLEDO, Ohio, March 18, 2021 – The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is proud to welcome a new Amazon Air gateway at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport (TOL). Amazon Air’s Toledo Gateway is anticipated to create more than 50 new jobs and will service daily flights, supporting fast, free shipping for Amazon customers in Ohio and throughout the region. Amazon’s first plane arrived at TOL last night at 10:36 p.m. and departed TOL at 8:57 a.m. this morning.

“In 2020, the Port Authority established six strategic pillars for continuing to improve and enhance operations at the airport,” said Thomas J. Winston, President and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. “The re-establishment of air cargo operations was one of these strategies and we are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Amazon Air to launch a new cargo gateway at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport.”

Amazon Air’s newest gateway will include an onsite area to sort packages bound for their next destination and will be managed by an Amazon logistics partner, Pinnacle Logistics.

Pinnacle Logistics will utilize the Port Authority’s 65,000 sq. ft. building at Two Air Cargo Parkway for the sorting and handling of Amazon Air’s cargo. The Port Authority has been working diligently over the past several months to prepare the facility and the surrounding area for this new air cargo operation. Completed renovations include the installation of 20 new LED high mast ramp lights, resurfacing and LED light installation of the building’s parking lot, reconfiguring gates and fencing, and constructing additional truck docks.

Interested job seekers can find out more about career opportunities associated with this operation by visiting pinnaclelogistics.com. 

Thomas Winston, President and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, will be available for interviews today between 3-4 p.m. at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport. Please call Holly Kemler at 419.260.9981 or Kayla Lewandowski at 419.461.1887 to coordinate an interview.

The mission of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is to develop expertise and assets that drive and grow the region’s transportation and logistics infrastructure and its economic prosperity for all.   www.toledoport.org – 419.243.8251

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