FedEx is keen on Cessna's newest small plane. Cessna on Tuesday unveiled an all-new design for a small freighter and passenger aircraft, dubbed the SkyCourier. FedEx Express has agreed to buy 50 ...

The Cessna 408 SkyCourier has a high-wing design, can carry 19 passengers, and has a 6,000 lb payload capacity. FedEx ordered 50 SkyCourier aircraft for cargo operations, emphasizing efficiency ...

The Cessna SkyCourier just took its first flight and has already fielded a 50-aircraft order from FedEx. Take a look at the world's newest American turboprop.

FedEx’s fleet still leans on the Cessna Caravan/Cargomaster for short-haul freight segments, typically around 200 nautical miles. The company and its contract-carriers currently have 236 ...

Textron Aviation announced Monday that it has delivered its first Cessna SkyCourier twin utility turboprop to FedEx Express.The delivery is the first of 50 that the shipping company ordered.The ...

FedEx has orders and options for up to 100 of the Wichita-built Cessna SkyCourier. Textron Aviation announced on Monday, May 9, it has delivered the first of what could up to 100 of one of its ...

Reid Russell, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2015, had a FedEx Cessna Caravan airplane named after him at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Textron Aviation Inc., announced that is has signed on with FedEx Express for up to 100 of its new twin-engine, high-wing, large-utility turboprop – the Cessna ...

FedEx orders up to 100 new Cessna SkyCourier airplanes that Textron Aviation will manufacture in Wichita. ... Bill West, FedEx vice president of supplemental air operations, ...

FedEx set to receive first order of Cessna SkyCouriers, which could help it fly freight into smaller markets. expand. FedEx Express is the first recipient of the Cessna SkyCourier.

Textron Aviation has delivered to FedEx the first Cessna SkyCourier turboprop, a milestone coming 4.5 years after the Wichita airframer launched the programme.