FedEx plans to remove 29 aircraft from its fleet this year through permanent retirement and temporary storage, fulfilling its new program to eliminate permanent costs and make its logistics ...

Federal Express Corp. is buying 11 new A300-600 aircraft from Airbus Industrie for its express package-delivery business. Terms were withheld. FedEx also expects to buy up to 50 second-hand ...

The additional orders imply that FedEx plans to replace other aircraft types with the 767, as well. The most likely candidate by far is the Airbus A300. While the A300 is a smaller plane ...

FedEx is the largest remaining operator of Airbus A300s. Credit: Joepriesaviation.net Tracking in-service aircraft and fleet types is usually not difficult using databases such as Aviation Week ...

Airbus has completed production of the final A300 freighter, which has since been delivered to logistics heavyweight FedEx. The aircraft manufacturer has received 821 orders for the A300/A310 since ...

FedEx already operates 47 A300-600s. Alongside the six aircraft on firm order, it has taken an unspecified number of options on the type. The carrier has not announced its engine selection for the ...

FedEx has become the first customer for EADS Elbe Flugzeugwerke's (EFW) recently-launched Airbus A300-600 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme with an initial contract for three aircraft to ...

FedEx ordered six A300-600Fs plus an undisclosed number of options, Airbus announced Sunday. Deliveries will begin in 2007. Value of the order and engine selection were not released. FedEx ...