- A new fuel facility with a capacity of
410,000 gallons of Jet A fuel was completed in addition to an expanded
facility for Property Maintenance and Ground Support Equipment
maintenance.
- The airline’s parent company, Airborne Freight
Corporation, elected to use the trade name "Airborne Express", with all
future public presentation of the company to carry this name. The purpose
of the change was to more clearly communicate the corporation’s business.
- The last ABX Caravelle was donated to the
Ohio History of Flight Museum.
- The first DC-8 was purchased and put in modification,
including an electronic flight instrumentation system (EFIS).
- The Animal Export station was dedicated.
- Ground was broken for the Airborne Commerce Park, a
joint venture between Airborne and a group of Columbus, Ohio, developers.
- The first C containers were introduced and
used.
- By year-end 1985, the company had 1,113 employees.
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