A FedEx cargo plane attempting to land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas averted crashing into a Southwest Airlines commercial flight after the latter was cleared to takeoff from ...

What could go wrong FedEx has applied to the FAA seeking approval to install a laser-based, anti-missile defense system on its cargo planes as an added safety measure. Apparently, it is a little ...

Some American commercial aircraft have used anti-missile systems as early as 2008, and FedEx helped trial a Northrop Grumman countermeasure system around the same time.

(Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an aborted landing in Austin, Texas, on Saturday morning by a FedEx cargo plane ...

According to Federal Aviation Administration documents, FedEx now owns the larger model of the two, the Cessna 208 Caravan or C208, a single-engine plane that can carry up to 14 passengers.

FedEx has switched from downsizing to incrementally growing its air cargo fleet by ordering large 777 freighters and postponing plans to retire older MD-11 jets. The post FedEx orders Boeing 777 ...

A FedEx cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing following a bird strike on Saturday morning.

FedEx will operate the world’s first ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft to undergo conversion from passenger to freighter configuration after signing a purchase agreement last week.

FedEx Corp., the only current commercial customer for Boeing Co.’s 767 cargo jet, is in talks to acquire at least 25 more of the twin-engine freighters, two people familiar with the matter said.

Can FedEx (FDX: NYSE) benefit from a laser-based anti-missile system for future cargo planes? For forward-looking FedEx, putting missile-defeating technology on aircraft might help protect their ...