UPS leaves Mobile for Pensacola

UPS will close a sorting operation at Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Ala., and move the hub to Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport in Pensacola, Fla. Pensacola officials said the new sorting facility will create 30 jobs and open Oct. 31. UPS competitor FedEx still has a regional operation at Brookley. (Sources: multiple, including Pensacola News Journal, Mobile Press-Register, 10/10/11)