The news
FedEx is adding five weekly Boeing 777F freighter flights between Asia Pacific and the US, adding 567,000 kilograms, or 1.25 million pounds, of weekly capacity into its World Hub in Memphis.
The flights operate on three routings from Guangzhou, Shanghai, Osaka and Clark in the Philippines, all via Anchorage, Alaska.
FedEx is also launching a separate Asia Pacific connection to Dallas-Fort Worth that will operate five times a week, also via Anchorage.
The details
FedEx is targeting industries driving demand for time-sensitive air cargo. This includes AI infrastructure, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing and premium e-commerce. Servers are among the goods it expects the added capacity to support.
The new connections also give Southeast Asian shippers access to the expanded US network. Businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Hong Kong can connect to the flights through Clark and Shanghai. FedEx has also added Clark to its existing Hanoi-Bangkok connection for Vietnamese shipments.
The US was Vietnam’s largest export market in the first nine months of 2026, taking $140 billion in goods, according to Vietnam's National Statistics Office.
The US goods trade deficit with Vietnam reached $25.3 billion in September, second only to Mexico.
The expansion comes as Asia-North America is the fastest-growing major air cargo trade lane. Demand on the route rose 17% YoY in September, while global air cargo demand increased 7.7% and capacity grew 2.7%, per the International Air Transport Association.
North American airlines carried 11.8% more cargo with just 0.8% more capacity.
Demand fell 18% on Europe-Middle East routes and 10.2% on Middle East-Asia routes.
What’s next
The additional flights expand FedEx’s Asia-US network ahead of the year-end peak shipping season.
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