“Our job is to create a commercial success at San Antonio International Airport.
  “Our airport,” declares Marcel Johnson, vice president business development, “is served by several major airlines including United, American, and others.
  The airport is a joint-use facility that also serves (since 1941) as Lackland U.S. Air Force Base.
  “So we are a unique and well-qualified full-service gateway, where the military shares space with civilian enterprise.”
  If San Antonio is worried about its bigger, more entrenched airport rivals elsewhere, the city that saw a small adobe fort hold off a vastly superior army for 13 days in 1835 during the siege of the Alamo seems ready to strike its claim as a major air cargo hub in 2017.
  “We see the developing role of logistics providers and new generation service forces coming into the industry and setting up entirely new operations end to end,” Marcel said.
  San Antonio may have a big deal it is working on buttoned up at the moment and cannot name names, but it hardly matters. The new operator it hopes for points directly to one particular online retailer, which will soon be fielding one of the largest fleets of main-deck, all cargo aircraft in the world.
  “We have excellent trucking and rail connections and huge amounts of land to create and grow into anything possible, including aircraft maintenance and of course just about everything connected to a dense and complete shipping service zone.
  “Our goal is to continue to invest and grow our business, and we are looking for partners,” Marcel said.
  “Our catchment area is very rich in talented labor with more that 12,500 people on the job at the airport today carrying several valuable skill sets in manufacturing and logistics that are easily adaptable to our growing enterprise,” Marcel Johnson said.