FedEx endorses UN’s Women’s Empowerment Principles
FedEx Express has announced that Kawal Preet, president of FedEx Express, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region, has signed the CEO statement of support for the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) – Equality Means Business. Established by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and the United Nations Global Compact, the WEPs are a set […]
Atlas Air announces ACMI contract with FedEx
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. announced its subsidiary Atlas Air, Inc. has entered into a long-term agreement with FedEx to provide two 747-400 freighter aircraft on a full-time aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) basis. This new agreement is in addition to the company’s existing multi-year peak season contract that provides FedEx with a minimum […]
FedEx delivers critical COVID-19 aid to Indonesia
FedEx Express as delivered a shipment of 15 pallets carrying COVID-19 swab kits and personal protective equipment to Jakarta, Indonesia. The critical relief aid arrived in Jakarta on September 14 from New York, USA. These lifesaving medical supplies were co-ordinated through a collaboration with the US-ASEAN Business Council Institute, the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce […]
FedEx Express launches FICP
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., has announced the launch of FedEx International Connect Plus (FICP), a new FedEx Express International, day-definite, e-Commerce shipping service that combines competitive speed with attractive prices, in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region. The launch of FICP further enhances FedEx e-Commerce capabilities as businesses are […]
FedEx supports Henan flood relief
FedEx supports Henan flood relief effort. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. today announced a cash donation of RMB5 million (£0.56 million) to support the disaster relief efforts in impacted local communities throughout the Henan province. The FedEx RMB5 million (£0.56 million) donation will assist in the purchase of emergency supplies and post-disaster reconstruction […]
FedEx Express charters aid to India
FedEx Express has announced the arrival of a second dedicated charter flight carrying critical medical aid to India. This is part of the company’s relief efforts to support India’s fight against the recent COVID-19 surge. On May 16, more than 780 oxygen concentrators, over 1.8 million KN95 masks, and medicines and pharmaceutical supplies were unloaded from […]
FedEx delivers critical healthcare supplies to India
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is working with organisations around the world to deliver critical medical supplies and equipment to assist in the fight against COVID-19 in India. An initial shipment of 1,000 critically needed oxygen concentrators onboard a FedEx aircraft was delivered to New Delhi today as part of a collective initiative […]
FedEx to ship first wave of COVID-19 vaccines across the US
FedEx Express has announced that operations are in motion to transport its first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines. Following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, FedEx Express will begin transport of the vaccine using its FedEx Priority Overnight service supported by FedEx Priority Alert advanced monitoring. After […]
Samuel N996FD takes to the skies
FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company, honours its workforce by naming its latest aircraft after a team member’s child. Samuel, 11 from Stockton on Tees in the Northeast of England, is the latest child to have a FedEx Express Boeing 757 named in his honour as part of the FedEx Aircraft Naming Programme. […]
FedEx joins Freightos
Freightos.com, the world’s largest freight marketplace, is partnering with FedEx to help the largest customs-entry filer in the US digitize and provide a user friendly shipping experience. Through this partnership, Freightos Group is helping FedEx reach 150,000+ global importers and exporters that are currently registered on the world’s largest shipping marketplace. The move with no doubt see FedEx […]
Icelandair Cargo’s 3-year FedEx and TNT deal
Icelandair Cargo has agreed a three-year deal to handle all shipments to and from Iceland for FedEx and TNT that will go into effect early this year. Having acquired TNT in 2016, FedEx is merging the operations of TNT and is also looking to expand its operations in Iceland in co-operation with Icelandair Cargo. As […]
Bei Bei flies on the FedEx Panda Express
Bei Bei the panda has arrived in Chengdu, China on the specially chartered “FedEx Panda Express” Boeing 777 Freighter. The four-year-old male was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, and is the son of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, who reside at the National Zoo in Washington DC. Accompanied by a panda keeper and a […]
BBC Global News brings audiences new series on global trade in association with FedEx Express
Broadcaster BBC Global News, the BBC’s international commercial news division, and FedEx Express have struck a commercial sponsorship and branded content deal around a brand new multi-platform series on global trade. Made on Earth explores the story of the world’s remarkable and ever adapting trading networks, which help businesses reach billions of potential customers around […]
FedEx and Air Seychelles speed up customs clearance
As official licensee of FedEx, Air Seychelles has introduced a service to facilitate customs clearance for its customers in the Seychelles. The service supports customers with the creation and filing of a bill of entry directly into the local customs system. In addition, a dedicated team at FedEx also guides customers through the clearance process […]
FedEx acquires Latin America perishable specialist
FedEx has strengthened its presence in Latin America’s freight forwarding and customs brokerage sectors with the acquisition of Cargex. Bogota, Colombia-headquartered Cargex has over 25 years of experience focus on export management of perishable goods, and affiliate Agencias de Aduanas Aduanamos, which specialises in customs brokerage. The acquisition is expected to close later this year […]
Aeroterm breaks ground at CVG facility
Aeroterm has broken ground on a Class A multi-tenant facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, FedEx will be the main tenant. The 50,400 square foot facility is LEED certified, with the energy efficient building featuring insulated pre-cast concrete panels and will be used for airside cargo operations. The facility, which will be completed in November, […]
New European contracts for Menzies Aviation
Menzies Aviation is continuing to expand across Europe with the renewal of cargo handling contracts amongst other deals. At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Menzies Aviation renewed cargo contracts with two key customers in 2018. FedEx renewed its ramp and cargo contract for daily freighter services into Schiphol, while Kalitta Air renewed its ramp handling contract. Menzies […]
FedEx Express creates $2.5M scholarship programme
Eight months after FedEx Express (FedEx) announced its Purple Runway – A FedEx Pathways Program, an “industry-leading pilot development program designed to produce the pilots of tomorrow” the company is providing $2.5 million to create scholarships dedicated to easing the financial burden of rising education costs on the next generation of aviation professionals. In a […]
FedEx to acquire Australia’s Manton Air-Sea
FedEx is extending its presence in Asia Pacific with the acquisition of Sydney, Australia-based logistics service provider Manton Air-Sea. The Australian firm offers services including freight forwarding and customs brokerage, connecting customers to global markets through regional gateways and relationships with multiple airlines. Manton specialises in the healthcare and automotive markets, and will operate as […]
Back of the net for FedEx
It is a game of two halves for FedEx as it continued sponsorship of the UEFA Europa League for the 2018 – 2021 seasons. Having been the main sponsor of the UEFA Europa League for the past three seasons, FedEx Express will continue as an Official Sponsor of Europe’s largest football tournament. “Football demonstrates, time […]
Success is no fairy tale for Denmark
When it comes to Danish airfreight, Copenhagen airport dominates. It handles 90 per cent of total Danish exports and imports compared to other airports in the country and is used by global logistics providers such as DHL, Kuehne & Nagel and Fedex as their Nordic airfreight hub, writes David Craik. In 2017, the airport handled […]
Multi-million dollar FedEx deal for Boeing
Boeing and FedEx Express have inked a $6.6 billion order for 12 767 Freighters and 12 777 Freighters. FedEx Express CEO David Cunningham, says: “We are taking another positive step in our fleet modernisation programme as we add more efficient, lower emission aircraft to our global fleet. “The Boeing 767 and 777 Freighters have brought […]
FedEx Express rolls out program for the pilots of tomorrow
FedEx Express (FedEx) has announced its Purple Runway – A FedEx Pathways Program, an “industry-leading pilot development program designed to produce the pilots of tomorrow”. In a speech on March 22 at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, FedEx chairman and CEO Frederick Smith said Purple Runway will play an important role in the continuing […]
FedEx acquires P2P Mailing for £92 million
FedEx has acquired worldwide e-commerce transportation company P2P Mailing for £92 million, operating as a subsidiary of FedEx Cross Border. The Basildon, Essex based company was founded in 2009 and provides customers with last mile delivery options, saying it leverages relationships with private, postal, retail and clearance providers in over 200 countries, and its technology […]
FedEx video helps catch Texas bomber
US broadcaster CBS is reporting that surveillance video from a FedEx Office store in South Austin, Texas assisted FBI and local Texas law enforcement officers “zero in on the person of interest who is now reportedly dead” in the hunt for a bomber who had caused the deaths of a young girl and a teenage […]
FedEx to invest $1billion upgrading Memphis hub
FedEx is to invest $1 billion in a major project at its Memphis hub to cope with customer demand for products including e-commerce. The project is expected to cost over $1 billion over a six year period, with construction scheduled to start in 2019 and be completed by 2025. It will include the construction of […]
Liege Airport boosted by FedEx commitment
Recent years have been nerve-wracking for Belgium’s Liège Airport, Neil Madden writes. One of Europe’s most cargo-friendly airports was heavily dependent on Dutch express operator TNT, at one point accounting for 2,000 of 3,500 jobs. But the takeover of TNT Express by Fedex and the acquisition of TNT Airways by ASL Aviation raised concerns over […]
FedEx delivers a touch down for Super Bowl fans
The express company went the whole nine yards as US football fans look to Minneapolis in preparation for Super Bowl LII, FedEx provided safe and on-time delivery of the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Super Bowl venue. “The delivery of the Vince Lombardi trophy is among the most anticipated of the more than a billion deliveries […]
When Francesca met Wolee
A 26-year-old female endangered pygmy hippopotamus, named Francesca, is enjoying her new home at Oklahoma City Zoo thanks to a charity airlift by FedEx. Transport from Francesca’s previous home at San Diego Zoo was provided at no cost to either institution by FedEx as part of its “Delivering for Good” initiative. She joins Wolee, a […]
FAA plans to impose its largest-ever hazmat fine
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing its largest civil penalty recorded against Braille Battery for alleged Hazardous Materials Regulations (HazMat) violations in 2016. The Sarasota, Florida-based company is facing a penalty of $1.1 million for allegedly offering four shipments, each containing a 24-volt lithium ion battery, to FedEx for transportation by air between 14 […]