Tag Archive: FedEx

FedEx permanently retires 24 freighters – DC Velocity

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A FedEx Express A310 at Cleveland along with a 727 in February 2011. The Airbus is already retired, and the last 727 service will be on July 1, 2013. Photo: George Mihalek – OPShots Contributor // FedEx Corp.’s decision late yesterday to permanently ground 24 aircraft and 43 aircraft engines may be the first step in a… Read more

FedEx Marks 40th Anniversary with Community Service, Eye to the Future – Yahoo! Finance

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Pictured at Cleveland in 1975, this Falcon 20 is one of the aircraft that helped start the small package freight revolution, and forty years later, FedEx is celebrating its anniversary as a global carrier. Photo: George Mihalek – OPShots Contributor // The company that launched the overnight delivery industry is forty years… Read more

FedEx gives plane to fire training center at Helena airport – Helena Independent Record

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This is “Ebony”, the aircraft that will spend the rest of its days as a fire trainer in Helena Montana. Photo: Chuck Slusarczyk Jr. – OPShots.net After nearly 34 years of ferrying passengers and packages, a FedEx jet will be coming to Helena, where it will serve a new purpose. “Ebony,” a Boeing 727 whose maiden… Read more

FedEx Express Hosts Largest ‘Green Roof’ at Any U.S. Airport – AirportBusiness.com

A tiny fraction of FedEx's fleet is resting for a bit at their main hub in Memphis, TN.  Photo:  Stephen Mosley Sr. - OPShots Contributor

When it comes to “green” roofs at airports, nothing in the country tops the FedEx Express cargo facility at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, recently opened the new package sorting center, which conducts… Read more

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