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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dive Brief:<\/p>\n FedEx plans to launch a flight between Dublin, Ireland,\u00a0(DUB) and Indianapolis (IND) later this month, EVP and Chief Customer Officer Brie Carere said during a Sept. 18 earnings call<\/a>. Dive Insight:<\/p>\n The air freight route aligns with FedEx\u2019s efforts to build its healthcare portfolio in the last couple of years. Healthcare accounted for $9 billion in revenue<\/a> in FY \u201825, Carere said during an earnings call in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n Further, FedEx\u2019s continued momentum in onboarding new healthcare business in Q1 2026 drove growth within its global air freight segment, according to an earnings presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI’ll give the health care team a shout out. Almost 50% of the weight growth from a U.S. export perspective came from health care, airfreight, so our healthcare strategy is working there, too,\u201d Carere said on last week’s call.<\/p>\n FedEx has made several efforts to bolster its healthcare capabilities. This year, FedEx\u2019s Global Healthcare Quality Program received a Center of Excellence for Independent Validators, or CEIV, Pharma Corporate Certification from the International Air Transport Association across its air hubs and ramps,\u00a0per a May 20 press release<\/a>. A CEIV Pharma Certification sets standards for transporting time sensitive and temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipments.<\/p>\n FedEx\u2019s IND hub, as well as its hub in Memphis (MEM),\u00a0Tennessee, have been CEIV Pharma-certified since 2024, according to the release. U.S. facilities in North Carolina, Texas, California, Florida and New Jersey were also officially CEIV Pharma-certified in May 2025.<\/p>\n FedEx\u2019s healthcare-focused moves brought in more than $500 million in quality agreements<\/a> during fiscal year 2024. The carrier has also been making operational changes<\/a> to support growth efforts in the healthcare sector under its Network 2.0 and DRIVE programs<\/a>, as well as its Tricolor air freight initiative.<\/p>\n FedEx isn\u2019t the only company targeting the healthcare logistics sector. DHL also operates a temperature-controlled air cargo service out of Indianapolis (IND),<\/a> which have been used\u00a0by Siemens and Eli Lilly. Rival UPS, meanwhile, hopes to double its annual healthcare revenue by 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-176346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe route will transport healthcare goods as well as other \u201chigh-value\u201d verticals shipping between Ireland and the U.S.
\nThe DUB-IND route is expected to to move goods one day faster versus current options, Carere told analysts.<\/p>\n