FedEx
The FedEx Corporation, formerly Federal Express, is a global US-based courier and logistics company based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Air Cargo Division, FedEx Express is in the list of largest cargo airlines in the world number one. The German subsidiary of FedEx in Kelsterbach.
History
In 1971 the company under the name Federal Express Frederick W. Smith in Little Rock (Arkansas ) was founded. In 1973 the company moved to Memphis ( Tennessee). The name of the company should help to obtain government contracts. Federal Express was the first transport companies, the modern jet aircraft began. Federal Express has benefited greatly from the deregulation of the U.S. air transport sector and expanded steadily.
1989 Federal Express bought the internationally operating air freight company Flying Tiger Line. In 1998 the company acquired the company Caliber System, Inc, Roberts Express, Viking Freight, and Caliber Logistics. Somewhat later also took over American Freightways. The combined company operating under the name FDX Corp..
2000, the company received its present name FedEx Corporation, which is orientated towards the common abbreviation for many years FedEx and made it the official name of the company.
2004 FedEx bought the US-based chain Kinko's, which offers printing, copying and binding services and renamed it FedEx Kinko's.
In addition to the home airport Memphis ( Tennessee) (so-called " superhub " ) made the following additional hubs:
- USA Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage ( Alaska)
- Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport, Fort Worth ( Texas)
- Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis ( Indiana)
- Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark (New Jersey)
- Oakland International Airport, Oakland ( California )
- Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto ( Ontario)
- Aéroport Paris -Charles -de- Gaulle, Paris ( France)
- Cologne / Bonn, Cologne ( Germany ) Airport ( opened on 27 October 2010 as Central and Eastern Europe hub, has replaced the Frankfurt airport)
- London Stansted Airport (United Kingdom )
- Guangzhou ( People's Republic of China) (opened on February 6, 2009)
The company's major competitors are DHL, UPS, USPS, and TNT.
News
In a sensational judgment in a U.S. court two originating from Lebanon FedEx drivers were awarded for discrimination by a supervisor the equivalent of around 47 million euros in damages on 4 June 2006.
As the first Airbus customer FedEx responded in November 2006 on the continuing delivery delays for the Airbus A380 and canceled its order for ten Airbus A380F favor of a new order with the rival Boeing of 15 machines of the type 777F. The reason was to founder, CEO and President of FedEx Corporation Frederick W. Smith, that compensation payments would have no relation to the resulting revenue losses.
FedEx was elected in 2008 to seventh of the U.S. "most admired companies" in the annual report of the " Forbes Magazine".
On 27 October 2010, FedEx announced that it has taken the new envelope Center for Central and Eastern Europe at Cologne / Bonn airport in operation. So far, there was the hub in Frankfurt am Main. One reason for the move was the possible ban on night flights in Frankfurt. A night flight restriction for cargo planes to it in Cologne until 2030, however, not give.
FedEx Air Fleet
FedEx originally started with 14 Dassault Falcon 20 aircraft and delivered 186 programs in 25 U.S. cities. Meanwhile, the company operates one of the world's largest air cargo fleets. The following table lists by FedEx on self -powered machines and all other equipment from sub-contractors who transport shipments on behalf of FedEx. As of March 2014 the fleet of 642 aircraft from FedEx is:
1In the case of the MD -10 is equipped with new avionics McDonnell Douglas DC- 10th They are partly - also called Boeing MD -10, since Boeing McDonnell Douglas has taken over and is responsible for the conversion from DC to the MD version - eg FedEx.
Incidents
- On April 7, 1994, there came on board a McDonnell Douglas DC-10- 30 at Flight 705 FedEx to a kidnapping attempt. Auburn Calloway, a former pilot of the U.S. Navy, attempted armed with hammers and a spear gun off the flight crew and to take control of the plane and let it crash like that. He wanted to make it look like an accident and die, so as to allow his family a better life through his life insurance. There was a long battle between Calloway and the crew. One of the pilots attempted by risky maneuver in which the cargo plane even briefly exceeded the speed of sound to bring Calloway in an unfavorable situation, and make it tangible for his colleagues. During the battle, the crew was able to inform the Memphis airport and called for a SWAT team ambulance and then. After another battle trying blindly to land the aircraft one of the pilots with severe head injuries and in one eye. It was another hard battle in which Calloway has been turned off. It was followed by the safe landing, in which it turned out that two of the pilots had suffered life -threatening injuries.
- On 31 July 1997, the McDonnell Douglas MD -11F crashed with registration N611FE landing at Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR ) (United States) by a pilot error, it caught fire and was completely gutted. All five occupants were able to save themselves.
- On 17 October 1999, the MD -11F, registration N581FE crashed upon landing at the Subic Bay International Airport ( SFS) (Philippines). She rolled over the end of the runway and landed in the sea. All occupants were able to save themselves.
- On 23 March 2009, coming from Guangzhou, China MD -11F crashed with registration N526FE landing at the Tokyo Narita Airport, Japan. Preliminary reports indicate strong gusts of up to 72 km / h shall be deemed cause for the crash. In the accident, the two pilots died.
Trivia
- Cast Away - Lost is a 2000 report produced by 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks American feature film about a FedEx employee who is stranded after a plane crash on a small tropical island and from there only after more than four years can escape hermitage.
- In the FedEx logo take the hallmarks of the letters " E" and " x " to each other so that they form a right-pointing arrow. This effect produced deliberately evades amazingly, virtually every viewer.