Memphis International Airport is to be renamed after Frederick W Smith, the late founder and executive chairman of FedEx.

A moment of reflection for FedEx founder Fred Smith opened the company’s annual earnings call Tuesday, June 24.

Airways Boulevard site will be the largest distribution center in Medtronic’s network.

The new chair of the FedEx board was previously the interim president of the University of Memphis, CEO of Saks Inc. and the lead director of the board of Pilot Flying J. 

Jack Sammons spent a portion of Saturday with the FedEx founder: “No matter how routine our regular conversations ... every time I talked to him, I felt like I was talking to Thomas Edison, an individual who changed the world.”

Related content:

‘Most important Memphian of all time’ has died

The Memphis and Shelby County Airport Authority will introduce plan to rename Memphis’ airport in honor of the aviator, businessman and hometown hero Fred Smith. 

The substation is on Democrat Road and will provide power to the hub without adding strain to the Memphis Light, Gas and Water grid.

The Don’t Miss Your Flight Act would “create a discretionary grant program” and use existing funds for improvements to road, bridge, tunnel, passenger-rail or transit projects at or within 5 miles of a public airport.

Smith estimated FedEx is “the biggest tax collector of tariffs by any entity in America” based on what it is transporting.

After four years of contract negotiations with FedEx, several hundred pilots lined the sides of Shady Grove Road Tuesday. 

Logistics company closing its Bartlett location. 

“With many University of Tennessee students and alumni based in Memphis, this route provides an affordable and fast alternative to driving,” said Michael Keeney, chairman of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners.

John A. Smith is considered one of FedEx’s best operators. One analyst said, “What do you do? Put in a jockey that’s never won the derby on a horse, or do you put in a jockey that won a dozen derbies?”

Upcoming construction will make parking a breeze at Memphis International Airport.

It signs on to carry undisclosed volume of residential delivery, in multi-year contract.

A former CEO of the nation’s largest waste-management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors will take over control of the U.S. Postal Service.

Delta is now offering eight destinations from Memphis and is working on a ninth. 

Breeze representatives also celebrated the airline’s first flight today between Memphis and Tampa. 

Lines out the doors of driver services centers and clerk’s offices across Shelby County and beyond have stalled residents from getting a Real ID as the Wednesday, May 7, deadline gains. 

The nonstop flight will be between the Memphis International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, Delta said in a release, and the first flight is scheduled to launch Sept. 8.

For people who shop at Shein and Temu, online merchants of low-cost fashion and electronics that are based in China, prices have gone up.

Chuck Hutton Toyota has opened its Electri-CITY Park, a public charging hub that also provides electric-vehicle drivers with an opportunity to get out, stretch their legs and grab a snack. Sheep also mow the lawn.

The Logistics Industry Opportunity Challenge is meant to help connect startups to local logistics companies, solve critical industry issues, promote entrepreneurship and attract new companies to Memphis.

St. Louis-based Bunzl Distribution USA Inc. is moving out of Memphis, filing a worker adjustment and retraining notification notice with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

The company is closing a site in Lebanon, Tennessee, as it is ceasing service to a key customer.