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!”

The airport and TSA have shared tips for people traveling for the holiday.

The increase in revenue will be supplemented by the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act funding and surplus funds that will carry over from 2023.

Scott Brockman, the airport’s president and CEO, talked on “Behind The Headines” about incentives for flights to and from certain cities and other adjustments a decade after Delta ‘de-hubbed’ Memphis International.

A representative of FedEx said the decision should not affect the company’s operations at this time. 

The aviation duo broke new ground after they traveled from Memphis to Incheon, South Korea. 

“COVID really kind of kicked the baby boomers out,” said one industry insider, “and now that we had such a huge exodus of them, there’s just nobody to replace ’em.”

A top FedEx Corp. executive has been appointed to the University of Memphis board of trustees by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee. 

State Sen. Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) said the state’s lack of a cap on jet fuel taxes is part of the reason the Memphis International Airport doesn’t have more daily flights.

American Airlines donated $1.5 million for student scholarships last summer, a donor recently gave the academy a $6,000 flight simulator and opportunities to introduce airline careers to high schoolers are growing.

According to a representative of FedEx, eligible employees will be offered permanent transfer opportunities to other markets that have hiring needs.

Flights from Memphis International Airport will depart daily.

The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority has selected an in-house candidate to become its new president and CEO after Scott Brockman retires. 

FedEx said it decided to relocate its pilots and close its Cologne, Germany, 757 crew base and its MD-11 crew bases in Anchorage, Alaska, and Los Angeles as the “global business environment continues to evolve.”

The supply chain and logistics industry’s workforce has grown 25% over the past decade in the Memphis area.

Monday’s drive marked the beginning of a new era of giving for the logistics giant, after reaching its 50 million goal early in February.

FedExForum, national golf tournaments, pandas, the area’s growing medical device industry, its IT sector — leaders say they couldn’t have happened without FedEx. 

An estimated $1.6 billion in annual payroll from FedEx underwrites much of the local economy.

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Before a strike can take place, the National Mediation Board must first decide that additional mediation efforts would not be productive and offer the parties an opportunity to arbitrate the contract dispute.

Instead of limiting its giving to monetary donations, FedEx relied heavily on in-kind shipping to reach its goal of helping 50 million people by the date of its 50th anniversary.

At the FedEx Institute of Technology, they’re ensuring Memphis isn’t a data science or artificial intelligence desert.