Originally Posted by
lolwut
I can't really say I know too much about FedEx, but by operational I mean... as a hub, with a sort, flights to various cities that aren't hubs, etc. Right now it seems mostly as just a destination like any other city.
Thanks for the responses everyone.
It was planned almost 15 yrs ago (10yrs of legal battle in the Triad trying to prevent it) as a relief for EWR overflow - no more room for growth in EWR. It opened in '09, pretty much as the economy bottomed out and our domestic system has pretty much flat growth since then, plus FedEx shifting much to Ground. There about 3-4 wide bodies there most days - MEM, IND and BQN. In the mean time, it sits there "idling", and ready, if needed.