As part of the ongoing focus to strengthen its foothold in India whilst bolstering the trade lane between Asia and Europe, FedEx Express has enhanced its service offerings.

A subsidiary of FedEx Corp and the world's largest express transportation company, FedEx has launched a new flight from Bengaluru establishing direct connections to Europe and the Middle East and the US. With this, Bengaluru becomes the third Indian gateway for FedEx joining Delhi and Mumbai and enhancing FedEx customers' access to the global marketplace.

It has also expanded the company's premium domestic express delivery service from 14 to 58 origin cities over a period of months from August 2010.

The 58 cities selected for its next business day service expansion will allow FedEx to offer a more defined and diversified product portfolio to and from major cities across India.

The company informed that it will add satellite cities such as Secunderabad, Tirupur, Chinchwad, Pimpri, Thane and Navi Mumbai into the service points from this month. With the share of Europe and America in India's exports at 23.8% and 16.5%, respectively, between 2008 and 2009, the new flight from Bengaluru opens up immense possibilities for South Indian companies trading with Europe, the Middle East and the US.

“India has witnessed exceptional levels of economic expansion, and despite the global economic downturn, the economy reflects strong performance in manufacturing and export-oriented industries,” said Kenneth F. Koval, vice- president, operations, FedEx Express India. 

“The launch of the new flight from Bengaluru, coupled with the domestic service expansion, broadens market opportunities for customers doing business locally as well as internationally by leveraging the reach of the FedEx worldwide network,” he said.

In October 2009, FedEx launched its first premium express domestic service. As of August 2010, the company said, it is available from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Noida, Pune, Secunderabad, Tirupur, Chinchwad, Pimpri, Thane and Navi Mumbai to 58 destinations.

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