Server: Netscape-Enterprise/3.0D Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:35:22 GMT Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 15:41:01 GMT Content-length: 5412 Accept-ranges: bytes Interesting Facts About FedEx! FedEx

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Description: World's largest express transportation company

Began Operations: April 1973

Headquarters:
Worldwide: Memphis, TN
Asian: Hong Kong
European: Brussels, Belgium
Latin American: Miami, FL
Principal Officer:
Frederick W. Smith
Chairman, President and CEO

Revenues:
$11.5 billion (U.S. dollars) Fiscal 1997
$3.3 billion (U.S. dollars)1st Qtr., Fiscal 1998

Employees: Approximately 137,000 worldwide

Countries Served: 212

Airports Served: 325 worldwide

Aircraft Fleet:
    Total Aircraft: 596 worldwide
  • 23 McDonnell Douglas MD-11s (7 on order)
  • 22 Airbus A300s (14 on order)
  • 35 Airbus A310s (2 on order)
  • 57 McDonnell Douglas DC-10s (31 on order)
  • 163 Boeing 727s
  • 264 Cessna 208s
  • 32 Fokker F-27s
  • 0 Ayres LM 200 (50 on order)

Vehicle Fleet: More than 38,500 worldwide

FedEx Powerships: More than 100,000

FedEx Ships & InterNetShips: More than 650,000

World Service Centers: Approximately 1,800 worldwide

Drop Boxes: Approximately 34,000

FedEx Ship Sites: More than 2,000

Authorized Shipcenters: Approximately 5,300

Average Package Volume: Approximately 2.9 million daily worldwide

Global Lift Capacity: Approximately 26.7 million pounds daily

Airfreight Volume: Approximately 55 million pounds monthly

Average Call Volume: More than 600,000 calls daily

Average Number of Electronic Transmissions: More than 54.7 million daily

Distance Driven Per Day: More than 2.5 million miles (United States only)

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