It's done

It's just about to ready to open...a soft opening, I guess.

FedEx will unveil it's new hub beginning next week, the N&R reports. It appears that the aircraft service PTI already will simply shift over to the new facility first before flights are added. The new runway/taxiways aren't quite ready yet.

N&R:

FedEx , which expects weak demand through 2009, is delaying the start of overnight sorting operations at PTI for a few months and with a much smaller work force than anticipated.

By fall, depending upon the economy, the hub will begin its sorting operations with 200 additional workers, mostly part-time with benefits.

The company has not begun hiring those workers and will not announce its hiring process until it feels confident the economy can support the expansion.

The total of 350 workers is far lower than the 600 to 800 workers the company had predicted earlier that it would need when the hub opens.

Troubling...

E.C. :)