FedEx expands freight routes from Qingdao amid new operations launch

Additionally, FedEx's Qingdao international port operation center is now operational. It is the fifth such center in China after those in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Located at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport with an area of about 2,000 square meters and equipped with a fully automated sorting system, it significantly enhances FedEx’s handling capacity for local import-export goods.

Kawal Preet, President of FedEx Asia Pacific Region stated: "FedEx has been operating in Asia Pacific for over 40 years enhancing connectivity and creating greater value for our customers. Expanding flights between Qingdao and the US strengthens one of the world's most important trade lanes helping Asian businesses succeed during peak holiday shopping seasons."

Qingdao serves as a major hub for import-export trade within Shandong Province and is a strategic city for FedEx’s development plans in China. In the first ten months of 2024 alone Qingdao recorded an import-export total value of 7547.2 billion RMB growing by 3% year-on-year leading among cities within Shandong Province[1]. Meanwhile Qindao Jiaodong International Airport achieved a cargo throughput volume of 206700 tons during Q1-Q3 this year marking a growth rate standing at 10 .5%[2].

The increased frequency on this air route along with commissioning new operational facilities aim towards elevating international air freight resources across both territories fostering robust interactions between significant global hubs thus stimulating regional foreign trade whilst driving economic prosperity aligning perfectly alongside strategies laid out under "Fifteen Five" plan supporting construction efforts transforming itself into globally competitive comprehensive transportation hub city [3].

This year marks forty years since entering Chinese markets whereupon continuously investing strategically enhancing infrastructure networks employing cutting-edge technologies like big data artificial intelligence serving Chinese clientele effectively so far boasting five centers manned by approximately eleven thousand employees utilizing nearly three thousand delivery vehicles exceeding three hundred outbound inbound flights weekly across mainland domains .