8 Facts About FedEx Air

1. In 2003 FedEx Air Express partnered with the Department of Homeland Security and Northrop Grumman to develop and flight test an anti-missile system, the Northrop Grumman Guardian.

2. In November 2009, FedEx Air Express purchased 51 gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics, to be put into service in The Bronx, New York City.

3. In July 2009, FedEx Air Express partnered with Freightliner and Eaton Corporation to convert 92 delivery trucks into hybrids.

4. In January 2009, FedEx Air exercised its options to buy 15 more 777 freighters and acquired options for a further 15.

5. In December 2008, FedEx Air postponed delivery of some of the 777s: four were to be delivered in 2010 as previously agreed, and four more in 2011, rather than the 10 originally planned.

6. In 2013 FedEx Air Express won a new 7-year contract for the services ending in 2020 beating out UPS which launched a competitive bid.

7. In 2001, FedEx Air Express signed a 7-year sole source contract to transport all Express Mail and Priority Mail for the United States Postal Service.

8. In 1997 FedEx Air opened its hub at Fort Worth Alliance Airport and in 1999 opened a European hub at Charles de Gaulle Airport in France.