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FedEx Express

FX · FDX Unaligned Cargo

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Reference

IATA / ICAO
FX · FDX
Country
United States
Founded
1971
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee, US
Chief executive
Richard Smith
Parent
FedEx Corporation
Ownership
Subsidiary (Public parent) (NYSE: FDX)
Employees
245,000 (2024)

Fleet

Aircraft (active)
696
Avg fleet age
22.5 yrs
Aircraft type Count
Boeing 757-200F116
Boeing 767-300F137
Boeing 777F55
Airbus A300-600F61
MD-11F41
ATR 72F30
Cessna 408 SkyCourier30
Cessna 208 Caravan226

Hubs & focus cities

MEMHub INDHub OAKHub ANCHub CDGFocus GUZFocus LGBFocus MIAFocus ICNFocus DUBFocus

A hub is the carrier's primary connecting base; a focus city is a smaller market with concentrated point-to-point service. Codes link to per-airport profiles when available.

Ownership & financials

Listing: NYSE: FDX
Employees: 245,000 as of 2024

Network

Route network: 650+ destinations.

Per-route passenger volumes from US DOT BTS T-100 segment data are a planned upgrade to this block.

Notable history

Founded in 1971 by Frederick W. Smith as Federal Express Corporation, based on a Yale undergraduate paper proposing a hub-and-spoke express courier network. Began operations 1973 from Memphis. The world's largest cargo airline by fleet size and freight tonnes flown. Operates the most extensive express-cargo network on Earth, anchored by the Memphis SuperHub. The Memphis hub is the second-busiest cargo airport in the world.

About this profile

Reference data (codes, headquarters, founding year, alliance, ownership) is curated from each carrier's own published materials, the US DOT BTS Form 41 filings, and SEC filings for publicly-listed carriers. Fleet rosters reflect the active in-service fleet at the time of the most recent data refresh; aircraft on order are not counted toward fleet totals. Average fleet age is calculated from the same active fleet.

Hubs and focus cities are sourced from the carrier's own destinations or about pages. Loyalty program partner lists are drawn from each program's published partner roster.

This profile is re-verified on a recurring monthly cadence aligned to the US DOT BTS Form 41 release schedule.