It is operations of a different kind at the international airport here when FedEx's "midnight hub" comes alive, taking advantage of the complete pause in the activities at the airport for four hours every night.
Hubs are not new to FedEx, which operates many of them from nooks and corners of the world, including from India, as a global logistic service.
But its operations at the Baiyun International Airport here takes the cake as about 13 of its flights land, unload, load and take off in a four hour time making exclusive use of the two runways when there are no activities.
FedEx officials say their Asia Pacific hub here known as the "midnight hub" is one their best marketing and technological innovation.
This has been undertaken, taking advantage of a major opening provided by the Chinese government in 2009 permitting it to make use of the runways despite no operations for a few hours at the airport.
"Night after night, everything is done in a clock work precision as we have to take full advantage of the night window" Rakesh Shalia, MD, Marketing, FedEx's Indian subcontinent, Middle East and Africa said.
FedEx looks at Guangzhou hub as a strategic investment to take full advantage of the massive increase in e-business.
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