FedEx Expects Record Holiday Season
FedEx Corp. said it expects Dec. 15 to be the busiest day in company history and shipments for the holiday season from Black Friday to Christmas Eve to reach a record level.
The company forecasts it will ship 22.6 million packages Dec. 15 and for holiday-season volume to rise 8.8% to 290 million shipments from the same time last year.
Three spikes in volume are expected during the first three Mondays of December with 20 million shipments each.
“Our more than 300,000 dedicated team members around the world, combined with our continued investment in our powerful and flexible global networks, position FedEx to once again deliver outstanding customer service this holiday season,” FedEx CEO Frederick Smith said in a statement.
The company said it is adding more than 50,000 seasonal positions, including package handlers, helpers and drivers.
Last holiday season, weather delays and higher-than-expected volume caused some parcel carriers to work in the days after Christmas to deliver packages that missed the promised Dec. 24 delivery.
FedEx ranks No. 2 on Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest for-hire carriers in the United States and Canada.
