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727574drvr 02-17-2016 10:04 AM

Just been quietly reading, we've even had some business reporters on here trolling as pilots looking for inside info, which I have not given. Trust me, these guys at Amazon are for real; never tell them what they cannot do. They will bet the farm to prove everyone wrong. They have made some mistakes occasionally over the years, but remember, this is a company less than 20 years old. Incidentally, their Fulfillment Center in CAE is twice the size of the UPS hub in CAE, and bigger than the FedEx hub in IND. FWIW... Happy Motoring and Cheers.

brownie 02-17-2016 11:43 AM


Originally Posted by atpcliff (Post 2070066)
According to a bunch of other posters, Amazon has hired a lot of logistics people away from UPS.

So Amazon decided to hire people that were a part of ups's biggest logistical failure in the past 3 years to lead Amazon logistics. ...Now that's some funny s...t you don't see everyday; )

Kougarok 02-18-2016 07:56 PM

Cargo Airline Expanded Flights Believed to be For Amazon - WSJ

lineflyer4life 02-19-2016 03:56 AM

The F Sort at ILN is nothing but a shell and as the article leads one to think its a turn key operation, sorting wise it is not. DHL sold all the belts and sorting equipment to UPS.

Swedish Blender 02-19-2016 11:19 AM


Originally Posted by 727574drvr (Post 2070257)
Incidentally, their Fulfillment Center in CAE is twice the size of the UPS hub in CAE, and bigger than the FedEx hub in IND. FWIW... Happy Motoring and Cheers.

Not hard to be bigger than the UPS "hub" in CAE since there isn't one.

Waldorf 02-22-2016 02:56 AM

Amazon IS starting its own airline. It will surpass UPS and FedEx within 5yrs.

Is this the statement you are looking for?

727574drvr 02-23-2016 11:42 AM


Originally Posted by Swedish Blender (Post 2071700)
Not hard to be bigger than the UPS "hub" in CAE since there isn't one.

There used to be one there, however, it is still quite a good size sort facility, and for some reason they fly a tremendous amount of flights in and out of CAE. I don't know Blender, you tell me. Just curious.

DangaZone 02-23-2016 12:04 PM

CAE was a regional sort in the old days...before as much volume as possible was brought into Louisville Inditucky Standiford Galactic International World Port.

The facility is still there, but it only gets something like 5 flights a day. DSM, DEN, PHX, MCO and a handful of other non-sort cities see as many or more planes as Columbia does.

The Walrus 02-23-2016 12:13 PM

Some people do not realize the size and volume of real sort facilities at Fedex and UPS.

atpcliff 02-23-2016 11:39 PM

Amazon already started an airline. They just added more aircraft. Will it keep getting bigger, or will it stop...that is the question.


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