According to a report published by the aviation news website Simple Flying on September 27, 2026, FedEx Express operated a Boeing 777F freighter aircraft on a dedicated "Panda Express" flight, departing from Chengdu in China and arriving nonstop at Atlanta in the United States, transporting two giant pandas.
The summary accompanying the report states that the flight covered a distance of nearly 6,900 nautical miles and had a flight time of approximately 15 hours, with no intermediate stops en route.
The headline of the article is "2 Giant Pandas Fly 15 Hours Nonstop From China To Atlanta On FedEx Boeing 777F" and the summary reads "The FedEx 'Panda Express' flew nearly 6,900 nautical miles nonstop from Chengdu to Atlanta".
