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"the first cargo airline to use jet airplanes for its services" -- this can't possibly be true. Tannin
Boeing and Douglas were selling dedicated freighter versions as early as 1961 or '62. Now I guess that many of these went to passenger airlines that also carried freight, but every single one? I doubt it. The Soviets built dedicated freighter types quite early on too, though I'd have to check to see if it was in the '60s or the '70s. Maybe FedEx were the first freight-only airline to fly jets, but I'd want to see a good source for that one.
Although incorporated in 1971 the company didn't begin to fly until 1973. It is impossible that they were the first cargo airline to use jet aircraft
Here's a web page from the Flying Tigers site showing the Canadair CL-44 jet they began flying in 1961 (Posted by a FedEx employee)
Trying again the CL-44 is a turboprop. Here's a page from the same site showing the Flying Tigers' 707 and DC-8 which are definitely jets (Same FedEx employee)
When I went through orientation with FedEx, I'm pretty sure they mentioned it was the first air freight company that exclusively used jets, i.e. no prop or turbo prop planes. I looked on their website and what little of the new-hire stuff I still have, but can't find this claim anywhere. -JT 08/09/05
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.233.151.167 (talk) 21:48, 23 April 2007 (UTC).
It's stock symbol is FDX. User:Patricknoddy User talk:Patricknoddy 16:27 August 31, 2004 (EDT)
Were there two separate companies named Viking Freight? Did FedEx sell Viking Freight and then buy it back?
In the trivia it says Fedex lost the USPS contract to UPS in 2006, but in the history it says the contract was extended to 2012. Which is it?
"The company's well-known logo has a right-pointing arrow located in the negative space between the E and x. While the arrow becomes quite obvious when pointed out, most people don't notice it otherwise. The arrow has been occasionally pointed to as a mild form of subliminal advertising, the arrow symbolizing forward movement and thinking."
"The company almost went bankrupt in its first year, but to make it through the Christmas, Fred Smith convinced his employees to work at 70% of their wage. He then took all of his money to Vegas and made enough at the tables to weather a few more months until business picked up."
so, was this done on purpose?
Could some clever person narrow the infobox a little, it overwhelms the page at the moment. Thanks - Adrian Pingstone 16:40, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
FedEx Corp doesn't operate in Air Courier industry, FedEx Express does.
--Feelgood 22:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
Please remove the infobox. It looks awful. Really. --Mb1000 02:11, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I am inclined to disagree that "FedEx" is a portmanteau word. If that were the case, it would be something like "Federexpress" or "Fexpress" or "Fedpress"... you get the idea. I would say it's actually a syllabic abbreviation.
--Lazylisa 20:10, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
I removed this list; a quick check verified that FedEx provided their own index of international sites.
Moreover, half the links in it were broken (had they worked at one time, or did the person adding them just guess without checking?)
Having this single link means that
The http://www.fedex.com 'home page' link was removed, because it simply redirects to the US home page http://www.fedex.com/us.
Fourohfour 10:48, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FedEx_Corporation&diff=33855684&oldid=33818044
Edit desc "not all drivers or couriers are contractors"
Can someone verify this information either way as true or false? DyslexicEditor 23:03, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
As I understand it, there have been a couple of plane crashes within FedEx Express, but neither were attributable to pilot error. Does anyone have any information on these?
--Dennis The TIger 03:20, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Why is this particular picture even included? There's nothing significant about Bush's picture being taken in front of FedEx vans. Does it relate to FedEx? Does it provide some information about FedEx? It should be removed. --Feelgood 22:11, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
I have added a series of updated logos:
Obtained from FedEx's logo site, and converted to SVG. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 03:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd heard a story that this company began as a rejected thesis project. Since then someone referred to a FedEx commercial repeating the story, and I found this site, , which says it was a C+ undergrad thesis. It's interesting if true, but can anyone verify this? -Kris Schnee 07:31, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
"For example, a bacteria culture or a pizza can be delivered at the intended temperature of the shipper."
This is the second time that bacteria and pizza have been put in the article in a day. First time, in the wrong spot, and this time, while it's in the right category, why???? No other Fedex unit includes an example of what could theoretically be shipped. It sounds very awkward and given that a description of WG units is already included (albeit in a more descriptive yet still general way), absolutely unnecessary. I don't want to immediately remove this a second time in case that I'm just not getting something but at the very least, it really needs to be drastically re-worded. Ultraviolet 14:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Everything about this section doesn't seem encyclopedic. It is poorly written, and makes broad assumptions (like most people didn't know about the fedex logo until recently when a blogger posted it). Most of the people I know knew about this for years before blogging became possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Titan124 (talk • contribs) 21:34, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
I've just added a section on the anti-terrorist R&D program that FE has been involved in, and the fact that they became the first U.S. commercial airline to field an anti-missile system on its aircraft. I'm not sure if where I put the section is the best, so I leave it to the regulars around here to decide that. AKRadeckiSpeaketh 20:19, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone elucidate this ill-fated venture by FedEx that started in the mid-1980s? It basically was a service that sent faxes and charged a ridiculous amount of money to do so. Any help? Iamvered (talk) 19:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone know where the funding to start the company came from? 98.203.46.85 (talk) 02:52, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
I updated the information the main page to reflect the fact that while FedEx Home Delivery does deliver on Saturdays, in my area at least, they do not deliver on Mondays. This may be how they justify the non-standard Saturday deliveries. The customer service representatives made it sound like this is specific to the FedEx Home Delivery service, I was not able to verify if it is nationwide or only affects certain regions.
Klinky (talk) 17:23, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
I edited the Home Delivery information to reflect the standard operating hours shown on fedex.com and removed the previous information that eluded that Saturday delivery is a restriction rather than the standard.Gabriellenic (talk) 03:20, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
After seeing a few anons try to remove the section, I thought I'd read it and check the references. The references given are 1) a clearly anti-FedEx site (boycottfedex.com), 2) a blog (not a reliable source), 3) an environmental group's press release (not NPOV with respect to an environmental record). Thus, I am going to remove this section unless reliable sources are found to substantiate the claim (plus it's really quite poorly written and not NPOV in any event). nneonneo talk 20:21, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
I think Environmental initiatives and In the European Union sections should be moved to [[FedEx Express] because both of those sections are only about FedEx Express and not about FedEx Corp. Spikydan1 19:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
Can't we put the online section in the main area? Or remove it totally? It's only about their domain. Is it significant how many hits they get? Mikesd (talk) 20:04, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
In fact, I've totally removed the section because it was one sentence explaining how many hits the domain gets. Irrelevant. Mikesd (talk) 20:07, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know why the "Ex" and the stem of the "d" don't extend as far down as the "Fe" and the bowl of the "d"? I've always wondered about it. 70.241.16.235 (talk) 19:33, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Anyone up for adding a section on FedEx's advertising? I think it would be very worthwhile as the company is well-known for producing award-winning humorous commercials. It's John Moschitta commercial was one of the most famous commercials of the 1980s. co94 20:03, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
I've merged the "FedEx Express" article into this one, for the reason that per WP:COMMONNAME, the name "FedEx" should be applied to the delivery service, not the later holding company (such as with, say US Airways and US Airways Group). The company's history was inelegantly hived off to the airline article, leaving the main article to suggest the company dated back only to 1997. There's nothing inherently wrong with having an article about the airline, but as a fork it shouldn't take the main company info with it. ProhibitOnions (T) 09:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
I agree with the first comment. Federal Express changed its name because of all of the other companies it obtained. I feel the core history of the company in this case should follow the founder. Fred Smith founded Federal Express and is listed as the CEO of FedEX Corp. The name Federal Express was, as stated in the article not changed untill the founding of FedEx Corp. The history here shows Fereral Express mergeing and buying compaines and changeing it's name to reflect its other services. FedEX Express is now just an subsidiary the core history of the company should be with the actual company FedEx Corp. Ozmarlu (talk) 20:26, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I added the Brown Bailout campaign to the list of FedEx's ad campaigns, and it was deleted. The summary given said for 'Vandalism'. But the Brown Bailout campaign is, in fact, an ad campaign. So I don't see how this is vandalism. I'll undo the removal, and if anybody objects, please don't hesitate to let me know and we can discuss it.--Alang814 (talk) 06:46, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Happy to talk about it too... but I don't see how it's vandalism either! P@ddington (talk) 15:37, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
Shouldn't there at least be a mention of UPS or more than a passing reference to the USPS, FedEx's biggest competitors in the United States? Luigi2 | Talk 18:13, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
This article needs to have the history of Federal Express prior to 1998. The company existed long before that year, as the article remotely acknowledges here and there. I have no knowledge of Federal Express history, other than some old boxes from when I was a child. Apple8800 (talk) 17:29, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
I removed the following text, which has been the subject of several reverts recently:
Okay, it's true you can see a spoon in the logo. But so what? The reason to mention the arrow in the "Ex" part of the logo is because the designers did it intentionally, as this interview indicates: http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000273.php By contrast, all of the citations you added for the "spoon" are just other random people on the internet who posted to their blogs, saying, Hey, that looks like a spoon! See WP:RS. Terence7 (talk) 22:45, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
Why this article doesn't mention the fact that several FedEx employes were caught on video throwing and/or kicking packages that should be delivered careful to its customers? 85.242.166.109 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 18:08, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
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"The name "FedEx" is a syllabic abbreviation of the KIY of the company's original air division, Federal Express (now FedEx Express), which was used from 1973 until 2000."
What does "KIY" signify here?
Jerry Kindall (talk) 21:10, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Both of these sections are problematic. Both have issues with WP:NOTNEWS and WP:RECENT. A search of information on the Shark Fin controversy seems to have ended about 6 months after it started. Given the scope of the company, it's history etc it is WP:UNDUE to devote two of seven article sections to these two stories. Springee (talk) 14:39, 1 March 2018 (UTC) Since neither of these stories appear to be lasting (virtually no coverage after the initial burst of news) I've removed them per WP:RECENT. Springee (talk) 13:55, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
Self-explanatory. 24.154.240.193 (talk) 00:21, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
From Frederick W. Smith: In the early days of FedEx, Smith had to go to great lengths to keep the company afloat. In one instance, after a crucial business loan was denied, he took the company's last $5,000 to Las Vegas and won $27,000 gambling on blackjack to cover the company's $24,000 fuel bill. It kept FedEx alive for one more week.[11]
I'm not sure if there's sufficient sourcing to add coverage about how FedEx's reputation in terms of frequency of late deliveries or damaged items. Dropping two sources here in case anyone wants to tackle it and would find them useful. They speak more to individual incidents than broader trends, though. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 11:31, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
The text that says FedEx Custom Critical on the table under the tab 'Corporate identity' is misaligned compared to the other pieces of text in the table. This makes the table look unprofessional in my opinion. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 18:38, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
On the table under the tab 'Corporate identity', the text that says FedEx SameDay City is misaligned compared to the other pieces of text in the table. This makes the table look unprofessional in my opinion. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 18:40, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
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