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FedEx is aiming to take a bigger bite out of the traditional air cargo market.

Four decades after the integrated express carriers wrested express – the most profitable business – from the airline-forwarder axis, the US company wants to increasingly fill its freighters with premium traffic.

Waving goodbye to the US air mail business, which went to UPS last autumn, FedEx has had spare capacity, even though it embarked on a significant fleet reduction spree, which included disposal of nine MD11Fs and ...

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