FedEx jet makes emergency landing in Turkey
The plane, a Boeing 767, bumped in on the underside of its nose after the back wheels touched down.
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The plane, a Boeing 767, bumped in on the underside of its nose after the back wheels touched down.
In a leaked recording, a FedEx vice president tells pilots a new contract with the U.S. Postal Service will eliminate daytime flights in 29 cities.
Teamsters say thousands of FedEx mechanics have signed authorization cards; it expects to have qualifying number by end of March.
“Decisions of this nature are never made lightly and are the result of much thought and consideration for the needs of our business,” FedEx said in a confirmation email to The Daily Memphian.
The Memphis-based said the transition will take place in phases beginning in April 2024, affecting around 200 contractors.
Pilots picketing outside the FedEx Express Air Operations Center on Airways Boulevard Wednesday held signs that read “When the world shut down, FedEx pilots delivered” and “Now is the time!”
Expected to be completed in June 2024, the consolidation will bring FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Services and other FedEx operating companies into Federal Express Corp.
FedEx stock was up more than 10% following an earnings release last week, with numbers high enough that the company increased its forecast for the full fiscal year.
Tuesday’s earnings call is expected to focus on how effective the company’s sweeping cost-cutting initiatives announced in September have been so far.
The deadline to ensure packages arrive in time for Christmas using FedEx Ground is Dec. 14. The last day to ship for FedEx Express Saver is Dec. 20.
FedEx will focus first on parking its older planes, an action that will also defer costly maintenance events, company executives anticipate.
In 2023, FedEx hopes to generate total cost savings of $2.2 to 2.7 billion, and the Memphis-based company plans increase some of its rates.
As of May 31, FedEx Express had $1.3 billion in deposits and progress payments on aircraft purchases, including 46 Boeings it plans to buy by 2025.
This year marked the 10th anniversary of FedEx’s Purple Eagle program, an annual event in which the Memphis-based company honors a St. Jude patient who is also the child or grandchild of a FedEx team member.
New CEO Raj Subramaniam faces soaring inflation, increasing competition from Amazon and an activist investor demanding shakeups to the board, but plans to grow earnings per share by as much as 19% over the next three years, as well as increase operating income by as much as $4.5 billion.
The logistics giant announced Wednesday, June 29, its new “Deliver Today, Innovate for Tomorrow” strategy as investors and analysts gathered in Memphis for the company’s 2022 investor meeting.
The flight from the Ramstein Air Base in Germany to Indiana transported the equivalent of 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of three formulas, all of which are hypoallergenic for children with cow’s milk protein allergy.
Richard W. Smith will become president and CEO-elect of FedEx Express following the announcement Thursday, March 10, that Donald F. Colleran will retire effective Dec. 31, 2022.
Unemployment benefits will soon be dropping in Tennessee. Employers are hoping that will help convince more people to return to work as the economy improves.
Memphis-based FedEx bought TNT in 2016 and it has taken longer than expected to integrate the company.
The first truckload of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine destined for U.S. administration sites rolled into the FedEx Express world hub in Memphis about 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 20.
FedEx said Saturday, Dec. 19, it’s ready to start moving the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19.
FedEx has taken delivery of first of at least 30 purpose-built turboprop air freighters to serve feeder markets around the world. ATR-72 600Fs will be delivered over five years.
FedEx reported at mid-day Monday, Dec. 14, it had delivered COVID-19 vaccines to more than 100 destinations without incident and ahead of schedule.
FedEx and UPS could gain $100 million to $300 million in new revenue from COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the U.S., a Bank of America research report says. Related article: COVID-19 vaccine moves through Memphis hub