New record: Swiss Post delivers 1.3 million parcels in a single day
Published: Friday, Dec 27th 2024, 12:00
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Swiss Post experienced a new peak day for parcel deliveries in the run-up to Christmas. On December 3, 2024, employees processed almost 1.3 million parcels across Switzerland in a single day - more than ever before in a single day.
In total, Swiss Post sorted 22.3 million parcels between the special Black Friday sales day on November 29 and Christmas, as announced by Swiss Post on Friday. Compared to the same period last year, this corresponds to an increase of 3.5 percent.
This means that Swiss Post recorded growth again this year after two years of declining parcel volumes. The previous parcel record for the Christmas period was set in 2020 with 24.1 million parcels.
This year, 14,500 delivery staff were working for Swiss Post in the run-up to Christmas, 3400 of them exclusively as parcel carriers, a Swiss Post spokeswoman told the Keystone-SDA news agency on request. In addition, there were 4,500 employees in the three large parcel centers in Daillens VD, Härkingen SO and Frauenfeld TG as well as in the regional distribution facilities. An additional 500 temporary workers were deployed throughout Switzerland as reinforcements.
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