FedEx, a subsidiary of the Federal Express Group (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world's largest express transportation companies, announced the addition of four intercontinental routes from the Asia Pacific region. The four new routes have a weekly capacity of nearly 1400 tons (approximately 1.39 million kilograms), providing customers in the Asia Pacific region with improved regional connectivity and faster access to markets across the Pacific, within Asia, and Europe.

The rapid growth of e-commerce will continue to place higher demands on logistics efficiency. Relying on FedEx's current operational advantages, the four new routes can better meet customers' demand for reliable transportation capacity and service improvement, especially for e-commerce goods and heavy goods in the Asia Pacific region. In 2020 alone, online retail sales in the Asia Pacific region totaled approximately $2.45 trillion, accounting for over 60% of global e-commerce sales. More than half of online shoppers in the Asia Pacific region have made cross-border purchases. The Chinese market shows great growth potential. In the first half of 2021, China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by more than 12% year-on-year, while the total value of imports and exports increased by 27% year-on-year. Among them, the import and export of cross-border e-commerce maintained a strong momentum, with a year-on-year growth of 28.6% in total value.

After opening a new intercontinental route connecting Beijing, China, and Anchorage, Alaska, the United States, FedEx has added three new routes connecting North America and Europe from Guangzhou. The two trans Pacific routes return five times a week and take off from FedEx's Asia Pacific hub in Guangzhou. One of them stopped at Anchorage, Alaska, and flew to Oakland, USA; The other route stops at Anchorage, flies to Indianapolis, then to Memphis, and returns to Guangzhou after stopping at Anchorage and Incheon, South Korea. These two new routes have enhanced connectivity and capacity between the markets of South China, North Asia, and North America for customers.

In addition, another new route for FedEx is to fly weekly from the FedEx Asia Pacific hub in Guangzhou and the FedEx North Pacific hub in Osaka, Japan, to the FedEx Charles de Gaulle airport hub in Paris, France. The route operates five days a week, two days from Guangzhou and three days from Kansai. With stable transportation capacity, it enhances connectivity with customers in China and the Asia Pacific region and Europe.

FedEx Asia Pacific Pei Jiahua, President of the Middle East and Africa region, said: "FedEx strives to meet the ever-changing needs of its customers. This expansion of the airline network further demonstrates our commitment to serving customers and supporting regional economic recovery. We see that overall export demand in the Asia Pacific region is rapidly returning to its previous levels, and new routes can help our customers fully explore the potential of cross-border commerce, accelerate the economic recovery in the entire Asia Pacific region, and Trade with the trans Pacific and European regions.

　　亞太地區(qū)正成長為一個巨型市場，預(yù)計2021年商品出口將同比增長13%，實現(xiàn)強勁反彈。中國的出口預(yù)計同比增長32%。得益于其主要貿(mào)易伙伴中國和美國的強勁出口需求，東南亞主要經(jīng)濟體也開始出現(xiàn)復(fù)蘇反彈勢頭。

聯(lián)邦快遞**副總裁、中國區(qū)總裁陳嘉良認(rèn)為：“新航線為我們在中國的客戶增強了與亞太、歐洲和北美市場之間貨運連接，使他們以更加高效、可靠的方式連接全球市場。中國一直是全球經(jīng)濟復(fù)蘇的強勁動力。新增航線不僅能夠幫助中國企業(yè)提升競爭力，還有助于推動亞太地區(qū)的國際出口貿(mào)易。增強的連通性將對區(qū)域以及全球商業(yè)活動的復(fù)蘇起到至關(guān)重要的作用。”

　　目前，聯(lián)邦快遞在每周運營超過300個國際航班。