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Press Releases
Delivery Time Shortened from Two Days to One Day
BEIJING, September 22, 2000 - Federal Express Corp. (FedEx),
the world's largest express transportation company, recently
provided its Chinese customers more convenient and faster
services - FedEx AsiaOne service and North American Next
Day Delivery service. FedEx customers in Beijing, Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Shenzhen and neighboring cities can now enjoy
next-day express service to major Asian and North American
cities.
Through FedEx AsiaOne service, customers' packages collected
from the above mentioned cities can now be delivered to 15
Asian cities in the next working day. Service cities include
Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo,
Penang, Osaka, Jakarta, Subic Bay, Taipei, Cebu, Kaohsiung,
Bangkok, Bombay.
FedEx North America Next Day Delivery service provides its
customers with next day delivery service to major cities
in the United States and Canada. FedEx is the first express
transportation company to unveil this kind of service in
Mainland China.
By enlarging its courier team and extending its gateway and
ramp working hours, FedEx is able to shorten its delivery
time from two days to only one day. In addition, FedEx extended
its call-in cut-off time from originally 10:00am to 11:00am
in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, providing customers
with an even more convenient and flexible service. The launch
of the new services marks a successful integration of FedEx
China network to its Asian and global network. The new services
will better address its customers' needs in China.
"China is a very important market for FedEx," said Wilson
Chung, General Manager of FedEx China. "We are dedicated
to continually investing in this market and providing outstanding
value to our Chinese customers by introducing world-class
express service."
Poh-yian Koh, Managing Director of FedEx China Operations
added that, "With our own flights to and from destinations
in China, and a strong joint venture partner (Da Tian) in
Beijing and strong operators in other parts of China, FedEx
service now is available in 190 Chinese cities. We are planning
to expand our services to more cities in the near future."
FedEx Express, a US$14 billion subsidiary of FedEx Corp.,
connects areas that generate 90% of the world's gross domestic
product in 24-48 hours with door-to-door, customs-cleared
service and a money-back guarantee. The company's unmatched
air route authorities and infrastructure make it the world's
largest express transportation company, providing fast, reliable
and time-definite transportation of more than 3.3 million
items to 210 countries each working day. FedEx employs approximately
150,000 employees and has more than 34,000 drop-off locations,
650 aircraft and 45,000 vehicles in its integrated global
network. The company maintains electronic connections with
more than 2.1 million customers via FedEx Powership®,
FedEx Ship® and FedEx interNetShip®.
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