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Peak Less
Sales Days . . .
FedEx has predicted a record holiday season and
reported better-than-expected quarterly results, UPS announced this week
that it would hire up to 95,000 seasonal workers for this holiday season—nearly
double the 55,000 it hired last year—and the surge in online shopping
has struck the world, largely driven by iPhone madness.
UPS said it expects to pick up over 34 million
packages globally on its biggest day, December 16.
With six less days to shop between Thanksgiving
and Christmas, 2014 will be the shortest holiday season since 2002.
Overall, UPS expects daily volume to increase
by 8 percent for the remainder of this year.
Beyond the holiday season, FedEx predicts the
U.S. economy to grow at a rate of 3.1 percent in 2015 with the global
economy up about the 3.1 percent next year.
Ever hopeful, FedEx said it will raise rates
4.9 percent beginning in January 2015.
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Lufthansa Swipes Cargo . . .
A “lightweight”
is a term used to describe someone who may not be up to a task, but in
2014 “lightweighting” is serious business to the airlines.
As carriers look to cut the weight of everything
aboard, including food trolley carts, lighter seats, and other initiatives,
Lufthansa Cargo pilots are cutting back paper documents by utilizing iPads
in a process that starts early next year.
For Lufthansa Cargo, the iPad is the “Electronic
Flight Bag” (EFB).
With the EFB, navigation maps, operating
manuals, and other important documents will be just a finger-swipe away.
“The iPad is the ideal basis for modern
communication with the pilots and digital processes in the cockpit,”
said Wolfgang Raebiger, director of Flight Operations at Lufthansa Cargo.
"The iPad will provide the same functionalities
as our current generation of Laptop EFBs." |
