FEDEX (Federal Express) is increasing frequency of its freighter flights between Qingdao, China and the US, following the inauguration of its international gateway in the city.
The flights depart from Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport and operate via Osaka, Japan, to FedEx's hub in Memphis, Tennessee.
Trials have been operating since May with a weekly service. This has now been expanded to five flights per week from Monday to Friday, using a B777 freighter, reports London's Air Cargo News.
fedex says the new flights will improve transit time for outbound parcels and freight from Qingdao and Shandong Province to North America by one day and allow next delivery for some shipments, including those from Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, Jinan, Zibo and Weifang.
Qingdao is FedEx's fifth gateway in China, along with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, which between them operate 300 flights a week inbound and outbound. The company has nearly 11,000 employees and 3,000 vehicles in the country.
Cargo and mail throughput at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport was over 200,000 tonnes in the first nine months of this year, up 10.5 per cent over 2023.
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The flights depart from Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport and operate via Osaka, Japan, to FedEx's hub in Memphis, Tennessee.
Trials have been operating since May with a weekly service. This has now been expanded to five flights per week from Monday to Friday, using a B777 freighter, reports London's Air Cargo News.
fedex says the new flights will improve transit time for outbound parcels and freight from Qingdao and Shandong Province to North America by one day and allow next delivery for some shipments, including those from Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, Jinan, Zibo and Weifang.
Qingdao is FedEx's fifth gateway in China, along with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, which between them operate 300 flights a week inbound and outbound. The company has nearly 11,000 employees and 3,000 vehicles in the country.
Cargo and mail throughput at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport was over 200,000 tonnes in the first nine months of this year, up 10.5 per cent over 2023.
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