UNITED PLANS NEW MIAMI CARGO CENTER

   Negotiations have renewed between United Airlines and Miami
International Airport on a new cargo center, and approval could come by
summer.
   An airport official said the Miami-Dade County Commission has approved
United’s project in principal, but a definitive agreement between the
airline and airport has to be reached.
   The new facility would be about 8,400 to 8,800 square meters in its
first phase, and 13,000 square meters after a second phase. United plans to
spend $15 million to $30 million.
   The airline currently operates about 6,970 square meters of warehouse
space on the airport, without airside access.
   United,  member of the Star Alliance, was Miami International’s
ninth-largest cargo airline, handling 55,938 metric tons, up 27.5 percent
from 1997.