Originally Posted by
JamesAA
There are 2 daily flights out of SJC that depart in the early evening. One goes to MEM, the other, an A306, goes to IND. I get MEM, but why IND? Is that another FDX hub and if so how does that logistically make sense since IND is relatively close to MEM?
James,
If you look at all of the cargo facilities past and present, A bunch are in that area. UPS- Louisville, DHL-CVG, Airborne-Wilmington, Emery, Dayton, Tigers-Rickenbacker. The proximity to I-70 allows for trucking and connects the Midwest with the east coast.
Memphis is overloaded with freight and needs a relief valve. Indy does a great job. Prior to Indy being a sort facility, when Fedex bought Tigers, they looked at expanding the sort facility at LCK. However, the port authority was full of it and wanted the moon. FedEx told them to pound sand and Indy was the final winner.
To basically answer your question, there just is that much freight.
Pakage