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They could operate their own aircraft for typical shipment volumes, then augment that by paying Fedex/UPS/etc during spikes. I don't know what the margins are
by ggreer 12y ago
They could operate their own aircraft for typical shipment volumes, then augment that by paying Fedex/UPS/etc during spikes.
I don't know what the margins are on air freight, but it seems like there's enough competition to keep them low. Also, Apple is big enough to negotiate better deals than typical customers. For those reasons, I don't think it's worthwhile for Apple to do it themselves.
- tempestn 12y agoFor sure; my meaning was that since their volume wouldn't be as high typically, it may not be worth operating the fleet (whereas if every day was launch day, perhaps it would be). Basically I agree with you.