Indianapolis, May 4, 2006 - FedEx announced a major expansion of its Indianapolis shipping hub Thursday, creating 800 new jobs.
The jobs mostly will be part-time jobs and hiring is expected to begin in 18 months. That will bring FedEx's employment at the airport to 5,000.
The Indianapolis International Airport board approved plans last months to allow for an expansion near FedEx's operations.
Under the expansion agreement, FedEx will add more than 600,000 square feet to its existing sorting facility, which includes a 400,000-square-foot, five-bay expansion, construction of a 175,000-square-foot secondary sort building and construction of two maintenance buildings totaling 48,000 square feet.
FedEx also will extend its lease with the airport until 2028. The airport will spend $50 million to build as many as 14 new gates over the next two-plus years which will be leased by FedEx.
