The FAA announced Monday, Feb. 27, $967 million in funding for almost 100 airports in the U.S., including Memphis International. 

Upgrades to the Interstate 55 interchange at Crump Boulevard Downtown will be a multi-year project that will include road and bridge closures and the construction of a new roundabout. 

FedEx and the Air Line Pilots Association have been in contract negotiations since May 2021. 

Since the first earthquake on Monday, Feb. 6, FedEx has assisted multiple nonprofit and government organizations that are responding directly to the crisis by utilizing its global trade networks. 

The cohort was selected among students from eight HBCUs, which are regionally located within a short distance of a FedEx operating or distribution facility.

The job gives David Taylor an opportunity to help make Olive Branch Airport the kind of airport his dad envisioned.

With growth potential on the horizon, the Olive Branch Airport is providing not only an alternative to big airports, but a teaching facility for instructors.

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This Commission Scorecard covers calls at the Feb. 6 meeting for police reform in the wake of the death of Tyre Nichols and the political clash with protesters and activists who pushed for more than resolutions.

Amtrak has proposed a new service that would connect Atlanta to Chattanooga and Nashville, but the Tennessee Department of Transportation could push for a Memphis-Nashville line.

The company chose Memphis for its first U.S. facility.

A FedEx Express courier with 36 years of service delivered the trophy via a FedEx Express delivery van. 

FedEx confirmed during the company’s December 2022 earnings release that it will try to cut costs by more than $3 billion throughout the fiscal year. 

General Motors’ Memphis Parts Distribution Center, which was opened in 1999, ships 331,700 orders per month and employs 259 people.

In an email with The Daily Memphian on Friday, Feb. 3, a representative of FedEx confirmed the company is enacting these furloughs in addition to the ones announced in November 2022.

The 10 small businesses chosen by FedEx will win $30,000 and $1,000 in FedEx Office print credit. 

“As a logistics company, you have to have a footprint in Memphis.”

Megabus is broadening its service options, linking Memphis to the Midwest. 

In addition to Memphis, meals will be packaged in eight other U.S. cities including Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles.

The FedEx founder financed the film, about the first Black aviator to complete the U.S. Navy’s basic flight training program, and is donating the movie’s proceeds to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. 

Before cuts beginning last August, FedEx made Sunday deliveries to more than 80% of the U.S. population; the changes bring that number down to more than 50%. 

FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery shipping rates are now at the highest ever.

Memphis-based public companies FedEx, International Paper, Sylvamo and AutoZone have cautious outlooks for 2023. 

Inclement weather around the country has disrupted flights and altered schedules. Holiday travelers are urged to arrive early and brace for long lines and crowded parking lots at MEM.

FedEx has identified an additional $1 billion in cost savings beyond its September forecast and now expects to generate savings of $3.7 billion.