{"id":22025,"date":"2022-05-10T00:39:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22025"},"modified":"2022-05-10T00:39:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:39:33","slug":"textron-aviation-celebrates-first-delivery-of-the-new-cessna-skycourier-to-launch-customer-fedex-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/kansas\/textron-aviation-celebrates-first-delivery-of-the-new-cessna-skycourier-to-launch-customer-fedex-express\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Textron Aviation Celebrates First Delivery of the New Cessna SkyCourier to Launch Customer FedEx Express"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Textron Aviation today announced the first delivery of the\nCessna SkyCourier twin utility turboprop to FedEx Express. This is the first of\n50 freighter aircraft that global logistics firm FedEx Express ordered as the\nCessna SkyCourier\u2019s launch customer. The clean-sheet aircraft achieved Federal\nAviation Administration (FAA) type certification in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFedEx took delivery of its first Cessna in the mid-1980s,\nand the two companies have had a collaborative relationship over the four\ndecades since,\u201d said Ron Draper, president and CEO, Textron Aviation. \u201cWe\u2019re\nthrilled to deliver this aircraft that will help FedEx serve its customers more\nefficiently as it is designed with the option to carry industry-standard\nprepacked cargo containers. We believe many other air freight, passenger and\nspecial mission operators also will benefit from the winning combination of low\noperating costs and unparalleled lift capacity that the new Cessna SkyCourier\nbrings to the market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the initial fleet order, FedEx Express has\noptions for 50 more SkyCourier aircraft. Members of the FedEx Express design\nand engineering teams participated in Textron Aviation\u2019s Customer Advisory\nBoard to help shape the aircraft\u2019s design, features and serviceability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor nearly 50 years, FedEx has been known for being\nflexible and innovative in finding solutions for our customers, and this aircraft\nwill help us better serve small and medium markets where we aren\u2019t able to\noperate our larger aircraft,\u201d said Scot Struminger, CEO and Executive Vice\nPresident of Aviation, FedEx Express. “The SkyCourier will make us more\nefficient, now being able to move containerized and palletized freight for our\ncustomers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the initial fleet order, FedEx Express has\noptions for 50 more SkyCourier aircraft. Members of the FedEx Express design\nand engineering teams participated in Textron Aviation\u2019s Customer Advisory\nBoard to help shape the aircraft\u2019s design, features and serviceability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe result of four-and-a-half years of collaboration with\nTextron Aviation on this aircraft, FedEx Express is excited to add the Cessna\n408 SkyCourier as part of our fleet modernization program,\u201d Struminger added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Textron Aviation today announced the first delivery of the Cessna SkyCourier twin utility turboprop to FedEx Express. This is the first of 50 freighter aircraft that global logistics firm FedEx Express ordered as the Cessna SkyCourier\u2019s launch customer. The clean-sheet aircraft achieved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification in March 2022. \u201cFedEx took delivery of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-kansas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/429070-_1KS8385-6b6e54-original-1652106921-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22028,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22025\/revisions\/22028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}