MEMPHIS, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- FedEx of Memphis, Tenn., Monday was awarded 12 additional weekly flights to China.
FedEx, which entered China in 1984, will operate more all-cargo flights to and from China than any other U.S. airline when it begins the additional flights in March 2005.
The delivery service company said it was awarded the flights by the Department of Transportation, bringing its total to 23.
FedEx will use six of its awarded routes to provide a new westbound round-the-world service connecting the United States to Shanghai and other points in Asia with stops in Europe, using an MD-11 freighter.
The other six flights will be used to establish an eastbound round-the-world service connecting the United States, Europe, India and Japan to Shanghai, Shenzhen, and other points in Asia using an MD-11 aircraft.
Looking ahead to 2006, FedEx has asked the Transportation Department for six additional weekly flights to bring Guangzhou into its global and regional networks.
Currently, FedEx operates 11 weekly flights to China, serving Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. Today, FedEx offers the only direct flight between the United States and the Pearl River Delta, via its daily flight from Shenzhen.
