FedEx launches direct link form Germany to US network

GROWING demand for red­uced transit times and later pick-ups in Europe has insp­ired FedEx to reconfigure its next-day Frankfurt to Mem­phis, USA, services.
FedEx Express, which claims to be the world’s larg­est express company, has started five weekly direct flights from its Frankfurt hub to its Memphis superhub.
The company has consoli­dated its current two daily A3 10 flights from Germany to other European gateways into the direct Frankfurt-Memphis service.
“Customers have asked for later cut-off times for critical shipments that must go out that day.
“The new direct flight to Memphis enables us to prov­ide service enhancements for our customers and improve our utilisation of the existing FedEx Express network and sorting facilities in Germ­any,” says Antje Schuett­Fahrenkrog, vice-president of FedEx Express for central and eastern Europe.
The flight enables FedEx to connect additional German cities to its FedEx Express-freighter network covering more than 70 per cent of Germany’s GDP with a next-
day by 10:30 am — ser­vice to many destinations throughout North America, Latin America and Canada.
German companies in exis­ting FedEx Expressfreighter­served areas will benefit from pick-up time improve­ments of up to three hours.
“We already have the UK and France connected to the US with direct flights each evening. Adding Germany — the economic powerhouse of the region — to our glo­bal system in this way under­lines not only the presence we have across the region, but also our commitment to developing import and exp­ort services to and from Eur­ope,” says Robert Elliott, president in the region.