Airbus Updates No.2429

FedEx Express ends A310-300(F) operations

FedEx Express Airbus A300-600F © Tis Meyer / PlanePics.org

07.01.2020 - 01:15 UTC

FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int'l) ended A310-300(F) operations on January 4, 2020, and has ferried all remaining aircraft of the type to Victorville for scrapping.

Flightradar24 ADS-B data indicates that the cargo specialist's last revenue flight with the type was operated with N808FD (msn 439) as flight FX854 from Sioux Falls to Memphis Int'l on the morning of January 4. The aircraft was then ferried to Victorville later the same day.

FedEx Express retired two A310-300(F)s shortly before the end of 2019, with N809FD (msn 449) ferried from Nashville Int'l to Victorville on December 28 and N811FD (msn 457) from Memphis on December 26.

Following the retirement of the A310s, FedEx continues to operate sixty-seven A300-600(F)s, 111 B757-200(PF)s, eighty-two B767-300(F)s, forty-three B777-Fs, fifteen DC-10-10(F)s, thirteen DC-10-30(F)s, and fifty-six MD-11(F)s, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows.

Airbus Updates no.1342

FedEx retires fifteen ageing freighters

© FedEx ExpressFedEx Express Boeing 767-300F

14 hours ago

FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int'l) says it has permanently retired fifteen aircraft as part of a fleet capacity rationalization and modernization drive. Of the jets, seven were MD-11(F)s, three wereA300-600(F)s, four were A310-300(F)s, and one was an MD10-10. A further twenty-three aircraft are expected to be retired in due course as well.

In the longterm, the US logistics giant says it will replace lost capacity with newer B777-Fs and B767-300(F)s delivered from Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare).