Amazon Air Opens Facility Near Cincinnati, Hotel Occupancy Falls, North Texas May Get Electric Vehicle Plant

 

Amazon Air Opens Cargo Facility

The air cargo arm of online retailing giant Amazon officially opened its $1.5 billion facility in the Cincinnati area.

The Seattle-based company announced Wednesday that it kicked off operations for its Amazon Air hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. It will serve as the central hub for the company’s air cargo network.

Four years in the making, the hub contains an 800,000-square-foot sorting operation on a 600-acre campus that has seven buildings in all. Eventually, the operation will employ 2,000 people.

The air cargo hub marks another step in a quest to have its own delivery service, which puts it in competition with UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service. Amazon Air’s new facility is 100 miles from UPS’ central hub at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky.

In addition to the air cargo facility, Amazon announced six new buildings in Florida to increase its investment in the state to $18 billion. A new 630,000-square-foot fulfillment center is planned to open in Tallahassee late next year, with small delivery stations set for Melbourne, Riviera Beach, Coral Springs, Fort Myers and St. Petersburg.

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