The 31-year truck-driving veteran of FedEx Freight said it was “pretty cool” to be selected to transport Tai Shan, a 4½-year-old male panda bear, from the Smithsonian Institution’s National ...

Bei Bei’s journey from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo to Bifengxia Panda Base wasn’t the first time FedEx transported a giant panda. FedEx had done it seven times before, including with his ...

The trucks then carried the pandas to Dulles International Airport in Virginia, where they were loaded onto a specially outfitted FedEx cargo plane, a massive Boeing 777, dubbed the "Panda Express." ...

Just a little before 1 p.m., a 777 FedEx plane designated as the “Panda Express” went wheels up at Dulles International Airport Wednesday. Aboard — the Smithsonian National Zoo’s beloved ...

According to WTOP, Bei Bei was put in his travel crate and loaded onto a FedEx truck around 9:30 a.m. The truck was ferrying Bei Bei to Dulles International Airport, where he is expected to take ...

SkyTrak7 tracks the panda convoy on its way to the Dulles International Airport. The three giant pandas are heading to China aboard a FedEx Panda Express plane Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.

Two FedEx trucks then transported the pandas from the airport to the National Zoo. People cheered when the trucks decorated with giant panda pictures on the side and their police escort pulled ...

Mei Xiang was the first panda to be loaded into a white FedEx crate and onto a truck at about 8 a.m. Tian Tian followed close behind. Xiao Qi Ji was carried out in his crate about 9:15 a.m.