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( BW)(FEDERAL-EXPRESS)(FDX) FedEx to Expand Delivery to Seven Days a Week -- Sunday Delivery Begins March 1998 --

    Business Editors

    MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1997--With more businesses operating seven days a week and with increasing customer demand, Federal Express Corp. (NYSE:FDX) today announced a solution designed to meet this pressing need: a Sunday delivery option.
    Beginning March 6, 1998, FedEx Priority Overnight(R) service will provide delivery by 3 p.m. on Sunday to select zip codes in 50 top U.S. metro areas.
    "Customers from the garment district to Silicon Valley have requested Sunday delivery. This unique service extension enables us to be where our customers need us, when they need us," said David B. Shoenfeld, vice-president, FedEx Marketing -- U.S. and Canada. "FedEx is the only express carrier to dedicate its network of resources to serving customers on Sunday."
    FedEx Sunday deliveries will include the same money-back guarantees, 24-hour package status tracking and dependable service FedEx customers have come to expect. "These are the regular features of our express service," Shoenfeld said.
    Customers using Sunday delivery can have packages picked up on Friday from domestic origins in the 48 contiguous United States and Alaska, and Saturday from locations which FedEx currently serves on Saturday. No Sunday pick-up or drop-off will be available.
    Federal Express connects areas that generate 90% of the world's gross domestic product in 24-48 hours with door-to-door, customs-cleared service backed by a money-back guarantee. The company's unmatched air route authorities and infrastructure make it the world's largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable services for more than 2.9 million items in 212 countries each working day. The company employs approximately 137,000 people and has more than 42,500 drop-off locations, 590 aircraft and 38,500 vehicles in its integrated global network. FedEx maintains electronic connections with more than 750,000 customers via FedEx Powership(R), FedEx Ship(R) and FedEx interNetShip(SM). Federal Express reported revenues of $11.5 billion for its fiscal year ended May 31, 1997.

          FEDEX PRIORITY OVERNIGHT SUNDAY DELIVERY SERVICE

   Following are the 50 U.S. metro areas where customers can
receive Sunday delivery of FedEx Priority Overnight packages to
select zip codes:

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY             New York, NY
Atlanta, GA                             Newark, NJ
Baltimore, MD                           Oakland, CA
Boston, MA                              Omaha, NE
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rockhill, NC & SC    Orlando, FL
Chicago, IL                             Philadelphia, PA
Cincinnati, OH                          Phoenix, AZ
Cleveland, OH                           Pittsburg, PA
Columbus, OH                            Portland, OR
Dallas, TX                              Providence, RI
Denver, CO                              Raleigh-Durham, NC
Detroit, MI                             Richmond-Petersburg, VA
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL           Riverside-San Bernadino, CA
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX                Sacramento, CA
Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC            San Diego, CA
Houston, TX                             San Francisco, CA
Indianapolis, IN                        San Jose, CA
Kansas City, MO-KS                      Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA
Los Angeles, CA                         Seattle, WA
Memphis, TN                             Somerset-Middlesex-Hunterdon,NJ
Miami-Hialeah, FL                       St. Louis MO-IL
Milwaukee, WI                           Stamford, CT
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN                Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
Nashville, TN                           Washington, DC
Nassau-Suffolk, NY                      Wilmington, DE

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              FedEx Media Relations, 901/395-5007

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