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 ...

FedEx has parked 17 more freighter aircraft since November and relinquished options to buy seven Boeing 767 cargo jets, part of a multiyear cost initiative that helped the parcel titan to better ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 Corp. has permanently retired 15 aircraft and 21 related engines. FedEx Corp. has permanently retired 15 aircraft and 21 related engines. The early retirements are part of FedEx's push to ...

FedEx is adding to its fleet of Airbus A300-600 freighters with a new order for six of the aircraft, to be delivered in 2007. FedEx already operates 47 A300-600s, among more than 100 Airbus ...