MEMPHIS, Tenn.--Sept. 10, 2007--FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has significantly enhanced FedEx Express same-day service offerings with the addition of same-day services for freight shipments and a new intra-city service in select markets.

 

FedEx customers can now have many of their most urgent freight shipments weighing more than 150 lbs. delivered on the same calendar day, backed by a money-back guarantee. FedEx SameDay(R) services will offer simple, published, distance-based pricing.

 

FedEx also will now offer FedEx SameDay City(R) for parcel or palletized freight. This service will offer standardized pricing and an industry leading same calendar day delivery commitment, backed by a money-back guarantee. This new service is for domestic shipments moving same-day within a 25-mile radius of ten metropolitan markets including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Memphis, Boston, New York, Washington D.C. and Atlanta. Lower intra-city rates also will be offered for customers.

 

FedEx SameDay services allow U.S.-based customers to send their most urgent shipments door-to-door throughout the 50 states within hours depending on flight availability. FedEx SameDay services include FedEx SameDay for shipments under 150 lbs., FedEx SameDay Freight(R) for shipments weighing more then 150 lbs., loose or palletized and FedEx SameDay City for both freight and shipments weighing less than 150 lbs. These services are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and average pickup times less than 60 minutes after a request is placed. Finally, for international shipments, FedEx International Next

Flight(R) offers customers fastest delivery of shipments to more than 220 countries and territories worldwide.

 

"Our customers are used to industry-leading solutions from FedEx and this expansion of our same-day offerings with a same calendar day delivery time, backed by a money back guarantee, once again sets our services apart," said T. Michael Glenn, FedEx executive vice president, Market Development and Corporate Communications. "Customers can be confident whether they are shipping a critical legal document or a large part to keep an assembly line moving, that FedEx has a same-day solution to meet their need."

 

For urgent shipping needs, FedEx also offers:

 

  • The full range of solutions from FedEx Custom Critical, which provides the fastest, door-to-door service available, with same-day delivery and next-day delivery of urgent freight, valuable items and hazardous goods, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. FedEx Custom Critical specializes in temperature-control and extra care in handling for sensitive shipments.

 

  • FedEx(R) Critical Inventory Logistics, a comprehensive, end-to-end solution designed to optimize the management of critical inventory and service parts distribution and returns process. It incorporates a hub-based central stocking location and a global network of forwarding stocking locations, many located at FedEx Kinko's centers, integrated through extensive information capabilities.

 

About FedEx

 

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $35 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 280,000 employees and contractors to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. For more information, visit news.fedex.com.

 

 

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