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<blockquote data-quote="quadro" data-source="post: 769056" data-attributes="member: 12850"><p>I can confirm that Ground packages do move on Express aircraft. Anyone that has read a lot of posts around here would know that MrFedEx and I don't agree on much so for me to agree with at least part of what he's saying should tell you that it does happen.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, you have to consider why it happens. Ground obviously cannot drive to Hawaii, for example. They have to send their packages on an aircraft. If they are going to do it anyway, why not put it on the Express aircraft? Same with Express. Not all packages go on an aircraft so it is possible (I cannot confirm or deny this part) that they move on Ground trucks. Certainly not delivered by Ground but on their tractor-trailers. FedEx does use contract transportation so if you are going to pay for it anyway, why not use Ground? I do know that there's at least an accounting charge for doing this. The packages are not just put on the other carriers equipment free of charge just as there would be a charge if the packages moved with a third party.</p><p></p><p>The validity of all that can be argued from both sides but as I said, if you are going to do it anyway why would you pay a third party when one of your sister operating companies can do it? It's also a relatively small percentage of packages that do this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quadro, post: 769056, member: 12850"] I can confirm that Ground packages do move on Express aircraft. Anyone that has read a lot of posts around here would know that MrFedEx and I don't agree on much so for me to agree with at least part of what he's saying should tell you that it does happen. Having said that, you have to consider why it happens. Ground obviously cannot drive to Hawaii, for example. They have to send their packages on an aircraft. If they are going to do it anyway, why not put it on the Express aircraft? Same with Express. Not all packages go on an aircraft so it is possible (I cannot confirm or deny this part) that they move on Ground trucks. Certainly not delivered by Ground but on their tractor-trailers. FedEx does use contract transportation so if you are going to pay for it anyway, why not use Ground? I do know that there's at least an accounting charge for doing this. The packages are not just put on the other carriers equipment free of charge just as there would be a charge if the packages moved with a third party. The validity of all that can be argued from both sides but as I said, if you are going to do it anyway why would you pay a third party when one of your sister operating companies can do it? It's also a relatively small percentage of packages that do this. [/QUOTE]
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