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A spatial analysis of FedEx and UPS: hubs, spokes, and network structure

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  1. Yu, Bin & Zhu, Hanbing & Cai, Wanjun & Ma, Ning & Kuang, Qiji & Yao, Baozhen, 2013. "Two-phase optimization approach to transit hub location – the case of Dalian," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 33(C), pages 62-71.
  2. Puente-Mejia, Bernardo & Lange, Anne, 2025. "Characterizing global air cargo: A study profiling air cargo operations worldwide," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
  3. Jiang, Yonglei & Yao, Baozhen & Wang, Lu & Feng, Tao & Kong, Lu, 2017. "Evolution trends of the network structure of Spring Airlines in China: A temporal and spatial analysis," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 18-30.
  4. Lin, Haonan & Luo, Jian & Nan, Guofang, 2025. "The effects of different subsidy policy modes on China’s air cargo market: The all-cargo airline and scale economies perspective," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
  5. O'Kelly, Morton E., 2014. "Air freight hubs in the FedEx system: Analysis of fuel use," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 1-12.
  6. Adeline Heitz & Adrien Beziat, 2015. "The parcel industry in the spatial organization of logistics activities in the Paris Region: inherited spatial patterns and innovations in urban logistics systems," Post-Print hal-01738437, HAL.
  7. Mayer, Robert, 2016. "Airport classification based on cargo characteristics," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 53-65.
  8. Meltem Peker & Bahar Y. Kara & James F. Campbell & Sibel A. Alumur, 2016. "Spatial Analysis of Single Allocation Hub Location Problems," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 16(4), pages 1075-1101, December.
  9. Deng, Yu & Zhang, Yahua & Wang, Kun, 2022. "An analysis of the Chinese scheduled freighter network during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
  10. Gong, Qiang & Wang, Kun & Fan, Xingli & Fu, Xiaowen & Xiao, Yi-bin, 2018. "International trade drivers and freight network analysis - The case of the Chinese air cargo sector," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 253-262.
  11. Mingming Guan & Siyu Wu & Chengliang Liu, 2022. "Comparing China’s urban aviation and innovation networks," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(1), pages 470-486, March.
  12. Wong, Jinn-Tsai & Chung, Yi-Shih & Hsu, Pi-Yuan, 2016. "Cargo market competition among Asia Pacific's major airports," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 56(PB), pages 91-98.
  13. Bombelli, Alessandro & Santos, Bruno F. & Tavasszy, Lóránt, 2020. "Analysis of the air cargo transport network using a complex network theory perspective," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
  14. Paolo Malighetti & Gianmaria Martini & Renato Redondi & Davide Scotti, 2019. "Integrators’ Air Transport Networks in Europe," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 557-581, June.
  15. Matsumoto, Hidenobu & Domae, Koji, 2018. "The effects of new international airports and air-freight integrator's hubs on the mobility of cities in urban hierarchies: A case study in East and Southeast Asia," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 160-166.
  16. Schwieterman, Joseph P. & Craig, Carrie, 2023. "Primed for growth: Amazon Air's freighter fleet, flight activity, and payload capacity compared to FedEx and UPS," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
  17. Lakew, Paulos Ashebir, 2014. "Economies of traffic density and scale in the integrated air cargo industry: The cost structures of FedEx Express and UPS Airlines," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 35(C), pages 29-38.
  18. Walker, Guy & Manson, Alastair, 2014. "Telematics, urban freight logistics and low carbon road networks," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 37(C), pages 74-81.
  19. Fried, Travis & Goodchild, Anne, 2023. "E-commerce and logistics sprawl: A spatial exploration of last-mile logistics platforms," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
  20. Morton O’Kelly, 2015. "Network Hub Structure and Resilience," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 15(2), pages 235-251, June.
  21. He, Hang & Wu, Hanjun & Tsui, Kan Wai Hong & Wang, Biao & Fu, Xiaowen, 2024. "Spatiotemporal evolution of air cargo networks and its impact on economic development - An analysis of China's domestic market before and during the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
  22. Zhang, Linfeng & Yang, Hangjun & Bian, Lei, 2025. "Complex network analysis of China's domestic air cargo network based on actual flight data," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 133-156.
  23. Nengye Mu & Peiyuan Xin & Yuanshun Wang & Chiyao Cheng & Witold Pedrycz & Zhen-Song Chen, 2026. "Vulnerability analysis of China’s air and high-speed rail composite express network under different node attack strategies," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 359(1), pages 755-789, April.
  24. Bombelli, Alessandro, 2020. "Integrators' global networks: A topology analysis with insights into the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
  25. Malighetti, Paolo & Martini, Gianmaria & Redondi, Renato & Scotti, Davide, 2019. "Air transport networks of global integrators in the more liberalized Asian air cargo industry," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 12-23.
  26. Nourmohammadzadeh, Abtin & Voß, Stefan, 2026. "A matheuristic approach for the robust coloured travelling salesman problem with multiple depots," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 328(2), pages 390-406.
  27. Alain Thierstein & Sven Conventz, 2014. "Hub Airports, the knowledge economy and how close is close? Evidence from Europe," ERSA conference papers ersa14p413, European Regional Science Association.
  28. Rodrigue, Jean-Paul, 2020. "The distribution network of Amazon and the footprint of freight digitalization," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
  29. Walcott, Susan M. & Fan, Zhang, 2017. "Comparison of major air freight network hubs in the U.S. and China," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 64-72.
  30. Cem Ersoz & Sena Kilic & Huseyin Onder Aldemir, 2025. "Geographical Analysis of the European Air Cargo Network: A Comparative Study from Pre-COVID-2019 to Pandemic-Impacted 2021," SN Operations Research Forum, Springer, vol. 6(4), pages 1-28, December.
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