Memphis-based FedEx Corp. reported strong first quarter results on Tuesday, Sept. 15, and says it is prepared for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and an expected record peak shipping season.

Makers of WheelTug conducted a national demonstration of their product, an electric-powered aircraft nosewheel, at Memphis International Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 15.

With strong demand for shipping services expected to continue for the foreseeable future, FedEx has rolled out its annual round of price increases for 2021.

FedEx’s latest package tracking innovation, SenseAware ID, will be available to some premium shippers in health care, aerospace and retail in November.

U.S. Postal Service is seeking part-time carriers for city and rural routes in Memphis area.

Williams-Sonoma said it will pay part-timers at least $16.50 an hour for seasonal jobs generally lasting from September through the end of December.

FedEx plans to add about 70,000 to its 500,000-employee workforce, with the biggest hiring push coming in October, to cope with what’s certain to be a record peak season.

An Airport Improvement Program grant announced Tuesday, Sept. 1, would provide $23 million this year and another $41.5 million subject to future appropriations over the next two years.

Delta Air Lines will offer nonstop service between Memphis and Indianapolis starting Oct. 1.

Even in failure (ZapMail), FedEx shows it's not afraid of innovating and staying aggressive to serve customers and the company, Alan Graf says. 

Alan Graf talks COVID-19, e-commerce's rise, postal reform, Amazon and presidential politics as he winds down 41-year career at Memphis-based delivery giant.

FedEx provided transportation services for Direct Relief's shipment of $11 million in medicine, medical supplies and personal protective equipment to Lebanon.

Passenger traffic at Memphis International Airport was about 125,000 in July, down 65% from a year ago but much improved from April when the pandemic crippled air travel.

The proposed Delivering for America Act would turn back the clock to Jan. 1, 2020 on changes that some critics contend are diluting U.S. Postal Service delivery results.

FedEx will charge more for residential deliveries from November into January as it handles holiday shipping volume amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

Williams-Sonoma is hiring 200 for Memphis area distribution facilities and says it could need to add as many as 3,000 seasonal workers for the 2020 peak.

The 1 million-square-foot facility is one of six that Amazon has either opened or will soon open in the Memphis area.

FedEx shares have shot up over $200 in recent trading after languishing below $150 a share earlier this summer. Supply and demand is driving the growth.

Remains of lions, tigers and bears and more exotic creatures are part of a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service trove of items stopped from moving through the FedEx Express Memphis hub.

Proposed Port of Memphis link in a container-on-barges shipping network could yield billions in benefits, Memphis-Shelby County economic development officials say.

FedEx chief Frederick W. Smith said the company's response to COVID-19 included one of the largest efforts to move goods by air since the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949.

FedEx's top leaders didn't get bonuses for the first time in 11 years as company earnings and income lagged behind targets in fiscal 2020.

National Transportation Safety Board concludes Wei Chen probably became disoriented, lost control of aircraft before 2018 fatal crash.

Robotic arms inducting packages into small-package sort at FedEx's Memphis world hub are a sign of things to come as a $1.55 billion hub modernization continues to unfold.

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and other lawmakers are backing a bill to stabilize a federal airport grant program amid an uneven recovery of air travel from COVID-19.