Late FedEx founder and leader Fred Smith is remembered as a hands-on executive with an uncanny eye for aircraft deals.

The company founder created a global transportation giant. He died Saturday at age 80.

FedEx moved in and negotiated to buy four of the planes and put them on domestic routes, the former FedEx executive said. Fed Ex then bought 11 DC-10-30s. “The problem was the plane had an ...

The rise of FedEx Corp. from a startup express carrier with a few aircraft to the largest air cargo airline in the world and facilitator of global commerce is one of the remarkable stories in ...