FedEx seeks to build $34M distribution hub at Ameriplex
FedEx is looking to nearly double the size of its SmartPost distribution operations on the city's southwest side by building a bigger hub at the Ameriplex Indianapolis business park.
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Zionsville lands $40M FedEx investment
A Wednesday morning groundbreaking ceremony signaled the start of construction on a new FedEx Ground distribution center in Zionsville—the surest sign yet that the Boone County town really is open for business.
FedEx confirms plans for $40M Zionsville center
The company plans to open the 300,000-square-foot center in August 2014 with about 200 workers, although most will be transferring from an existing Indianapolis FedEx facility.
FedEx plans $25M distribution center in New Haven
The facility, set for completion in September 2014, is expected to create nearly 90 jobs in the northeast Indiana area.
FedEx Ground eyeing Zionsville for distribution center
FedEx would bring a distribution complex to Zionsville under a tax increment financing deal hammered out with town redevelopment commission members on Wednesday.
Airport wants more nonstop flights
Its focus will include trying to attract flights from Indianapolis International to San Francisco, San Diego and Seattle.
FedEx wins reversal of jury’s $66M award to ATA
FedEx Corp. has won an appeal that overturns a $66 million verdict in favor of defunct Indianapolis airline ATA Airlines Inc.
FedEx launches Indianapolis-Mexico route
Government OKs cargo flights to Guadalajara industrial hub.
Indianapolis airport plan plays up money-making logistics
Growing cargo and logistics business overshadows such titillating concepts as solar farm, recreation campus.
Federal judge backs jury award in FedEx-ATA dispute
Richard Young rules that the $66 million verdict against FedEx was rational and “not monstrously excessive.”
Court sides with FedEx in dispute with drivers
FedEx, which has a distribution hub in Indianapolis, has long asserted that its drivers should be classified as independent contractors.
FedEx launches nonstop flights from China to Indy
First nonstop scheduled cargo flights from China are a milestone for Indianapolis International Airport and could attract companies that rely on ready access to Asia.
Defunct ATA Airlines awarded $66M in FedEx lawsuit
An Indianapolis jury has returned a $65.9 million verdict against Memphis-based FedEx in a breach-of-contract lawsuit brought in 2008 by now-defunct ATA Airlines.
N.Y. attorney general sues FedEx over driver status
The Memphis, Tenn.-based company, which has a distribution hub in Indianapolis, says its contract-driver model is legal and was approved for tax purposes by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in 1994.
FedEx wins dismissal of some claims in drivers’ suit
FedEx Corp. won partial dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought by contract drivers who contend they are entitled to full
benefits because the company treats them as employees.
Airport cargo-traffic rise could be sign of improving economy
Retailers restocking lean inventories and more online purchases could be driving cargo uptick.
FedEx closely watching key legislation
Congress may determine long-term fate of FedEx’s Indianapolis cargo hub, where about 4,500 work.
Local FedEx employees working more during holidays
Many of the 5,000 employees at the FedEx Express hub at Indianapolis International Airport are benefiting from the holiday
shipping rush by working longer hours.
Firms line up to find new uses for old airport terminal, other properties
The cash-strapped Indianapolis Airport Authority suddenly can’t look soon enough at developing some of its vast real
estate holdings, including the city’s former passenger terminal. This month, it plans to conduct final contract
negotiations with a firm that would study reuse of the old terminal, adjacent land and other airport holdings.
FedEx trying to fend off reclassification of its workforce
FedEx brass have been trying to counter legislation pending in Congress being pushed by arch rival United Parcel Service
and the Teamsters union.