FedEx Declines 29 MD-10 Options, Speeds Boeing 727 Retirements

FedEx, facing lagging demand for its domestic express services, will throttle back expansion plans for its MD-10 program by not exercising 29 options it holds with Boeing for the upgraded DC-10s. The move doesn't change FedEx's firm commitments, both companies stressed following last week's...

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