FedEx has opened a 19,000-square-foot freight facility at East Midlands Airport, designed to handle large cross-border air shipments separately from its parcel sorting operations. The site includes multiple trailer docks and recessed pits to improve pallet handling and overall freight processing efficiency.
The facility increases FedEx’s freight capacity to meet growing import and export demand from businesses across the East Midlands. It forms part of the company’s broader Tricolor strategy, which separates express parcels from less-urgent heavy freight to optimise asset use and reduce costs.
The East Midlands investment follows the July opening of a 38,000-square-foot replacement logistics centre near Manchester Airport, which incorporates automated sorting and x-ray scanning to support both freight and e-commerce shipments. FedEx also upgraded its Stansted Airport terminal in December 2023 with a new parcel sorting system for imports.
These developments complement FedEx’s international expansion, including a move to a larger facility at Istanbul Airport and plans to establish a regional air hub in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company operates three air hubs in the United Kingdom and continues to increase capacity to support cross-border trade for UK businesses.
