History of ABX Air, Inc.

History of ABX Air, Inc.

ABX Air has come a long way in the last 25 years. To give you an idea of how far, take a look at this brief history highlighting some of our accomplishments over the years. Click on a year to view the events of that year, or view the full timeline.

1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007

1981

In mid-January, the airline reached a milestone in processing more than one million pounds over the course of a week.
In June, the first phase of Airborne’s package sorting facility was put into operation. At an initial cost of $6 million, the sort center covered 83,500 square feet, and was designed to process 50,000 packages each night. Packages were loaded into hampers and then into the aircraft through the passenger door.
Total nightly shipments grew from about 13,750 in January to about 20,275 by December of 1981.