Fedex

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has tapped UPS as its primary domestic air cargo provider, after failing to negotiate new terms with FedEx.

Cargo hourly utilization in February 2024 was up 11% year-over-year.

Global passenger aircraft utilization in February 2024 was up 19% year-over-year.

FedEx pilots are now seeking a release from federal mediation, describing a lack of movement from management on key contract sections.

While cargo carrying activity was 4% lower in 2023 than in the previous year, in 2024 global CTKs are forecast to return to 2022 levels.

A significant change is coming for FedEx operations, one of its biggest in decades, the company’s CEO says.

The company has revealed a newly branded component to its restructuring—a “tricolor network,” sorting its FedEx Express aircraft fleet into three categories.

Investigators detail systemic weaknesses and questionable assumptions as likely contributors to a near-collision between a FedEx Boeing 767 and a Southwest 737.

Assumptions about how quickly a Southwest flight would take off when cleared to go in front of an arriving FedEx flight are a key factor in a close call.

Embraer and Japanese electric motor manufacturer Nidec have received approval for their U.S.-based joint venture Nidec Aerospace,

A project involving fewer pilots on the flight deck is maturing—and meeting increased resistance as a result.

The new processing center at Istanbul Airport will give FedEx subsidiary FedEx Express Europe a handling capacity of 3,000 pieces per hour.

The cargo carrier has donated a GE CF6 engine to Marshall University’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program, which launched last year.

A wrong-runway landing by a FedEx crew last year underscores the value that benign incidents can play in flagging safety risks.

A decline from the big numbers of the COVID-19 pandemic is attributable to geopolitical tensions and other disruptions to global trade and supply chains.

FedEx Express will continue taking aircraft out of service in the coming fiscal year as it responds to decreased demand.

Union negotiators from the pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), and FedEx management reached the tentative agreement on May 30.