0, FETN ‘s 1600 employees help customers of all sizes solve the intricacies of shipping goods globally by providing full-service customs brokerage, trade consulting, and e-clearance solutions to speed shipments through customs using advance e-commerce programs. Operating companies include Tower Group International, Inc., Worldtariff, Limited, Caribbean Transportation Services (Internet). Perry 12How air express works The FE Express global transportation technology network enables information-rich service offerings. More than 2.5 million customers are connected electronically with FedEx Express – through its web site for its customers automation systems – and about two-thirds of U.S. domestic transactions are processed electronically every business day. 662 aircraft provide a global lift capacity of about 26.5 million pounds daily. The world’s second largest air fleet includes: Air bus A300, 36 Airbus A310: 44 MD-11: 31 McDonnell-Douglas DC10-10: 73 McDonnell-Douglas DC10-30: 22Boeing 727: 152 Cessna 208: 261Fokker F27: 32Shorts SD3-60: 11Ayers LM 200: 0 FE aircraft, which comprise the world’s largest all-cargo fleet, have a combined lift capacity of more than 26.5 million pounds daily. In a 24-hour period, FE planes travel nearly one-half million miles. Also, FE plans to acquire the A380-800F long range, high Perry 13capacity aircraft in 2008. It will have twice the payload capacity as the MD-11, the company’s current intercontinental aircraft.Internet affectWhere information seems to be moving faster and faster, FedEx Express seems to be keeping up by moving packages almost as fast. Recently, FE launched several wireless services that extend online capabilities to cell phones, two-way pagers, and other web-enabled wireless devices. Customers can wirelessly track their shipments the same way they do now via FE web site. The applications...
