Monday Is FedEx’s Busiest Day of the Year
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Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s not only Cyber Monday; it’s also a record day for shippers. FedEx forecasts Monday, Dec. 2, will be the busiest day in the company’s history.
In a press release last week, the company said it would handle 22 million packages Monday, which equates to 125 packages per second –11 percent more packages than the busiest day last year, according to FedEx.
In order to handle all those shipments, FedEx says it will be using 630 aircraft and 90,000 vehicles worldwide. And in addition to the more conventional types of transportation, FedEx also says it will be using boats, gondolas, and even electric tricycles to get all those packages delivered.
The company projects it will handle more than 85 million packages this week, what FedEx says will be its busiest week of the year.
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