{"id":25249305,"date":"2026-09-28T10:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/fedex-panda-express-777f-ping-ping-fu-shuang-chengdu-atlanta-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:03:13","slug":"fedex-panda-express-777f-ping-ping-fu-shuang-chengdu-atlanta-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/fedex-panda-express-777f-ping-ping-fu-shuang-chengdu-atlanta-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"FedEx Panda Express: A 777F Flies Two Giant Pandas to Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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Two giant pandas, some fresh bamboo, water, a few favourite treats and their keepers from Zoo Atlanta. That was the entire load on a FedEx Boeing 777F that took off from Chengdu in the small hours of Sunday 27 September and landed in Atlanta almost 16 hours later.<\/p>\r\n<p>The passengers were Ping Ping, a six-year-old male, and Fu Shuang, a female who turns six in October. They are in Atlanta on a ten-year loan from China, and their flight became the most-tracked flight on Flightradar24 while it was in the air, according to Simple Flying.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6fa;border:1px solid #e2e7ee;padding:18px 22px;margin:22px 0 28px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.75\"><li><strong>Flight:<\/strong> FedEx FX9756, the \"FedEx Panda Express\"<\/li><li><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Boeing 777F freighter<\/li><li><strong>Route:<\/strong> Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), nonstop<\/li><li><strong>Departed:<\/strong> 02:55 local time, 27 September 2026 (Simple Flying, citing tracking data)<\/li><li><strong>Flight time:<\/strong> About 15 hours 55 minutes, roughly 6,900 nm (Simple Flying)<\/li><li><strong>Cargo:<\/strong> Two giant pandas, the sole cargo on board (FedEx)<\/li><li><strong>Pandas:<\/strong> Ping Ping (male) and Fu Shuang (female), both born in 2020<\/li><li><strong>Loan:<\/strong> Ten years at Zoo Atlanta<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Sixteen Hours in a Freighter<\/h2>\r\n<p>According to flight-tracking data cited by Simple Flying, FX9756 left Chengdu at 2:55am local time and landed in Atlanta at around 6:50am local time, a flight of roughly 15 hours and 55 minutes and about 6,900 nautical miles. That is far beyond what a 777F can fly with a full payload, which is exactly why a freighter carrying nothing but two bears and their food is the ideal tool.<\/p>\r\n<p>FedEx says the pandas travelled in custom-built crates they had been trained to use beforehand, looked after throughout the flight by Zoo Atlanta specialists. The company donated the full transport cost and also trucked the animals from the airport to the zoo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"max-width:550px;margin:0 auto 28px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?id=2104234883732103355&theme=light\" style=\"width:100%;height:560px;border:none;overflow:hidden\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;We have had the privilege of transporting giant pandas for more than two decades, and every time the FedEx Panda Express is called into service, our entire team feels the significance of the mission.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Richard W. Smith<\/strong> &mdash; Chief Operating Officer, International, and Chief Executive Officer, Airline, FedEx (FedEx press release, 27 September 2026)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Twenty-Three Pandas Since 2000<\/h2>\r\n<p>FedEx says this move brings the number of pandas it has flown to and from China since 2000 to 23. It brands the missions as the \"FedEx Panda Express,\" and on earlier flights its freighters wore a large panda face painted on the nose.<\/p>\r\n<p>The same airline took Zoo Atlanta's previous pandas home. In October 2024, at the end of a 25-year agreement, Lun Lun and Yang Yang and their twin daughters Ya Lun and Xi Lun flew from Atlanta to Chengdu on another FedEx 777F, according to Simple Flying. That left the zoo without pandas for almost two years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/giant-panda-lun-lun-zoo-atlanta.jpg\" alt=\"Giant panda Lun Lun at Zoo Atlanta\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Lun Lun, one of Zoo Atlanta\u2019s previous giant pandas, before the family returned to China on a FedEx 777F in 2024. Photo: O01326 \/ CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Panda Diplomacy, With a Tail Number<\/h2>\r\n<p>China has used panda loans as a diplomatic signal since it sent its first pair to the United States in 1972. According to CBS News, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the Atlanta loan during his state visit to Washington, and it was one of the few concrete outcomes of the trip.<\/p>\r\n<p>The bears are now in quarantine for about a month in a biosecure area of the zoo's new panda complex, with a public debut expected later this year.<\/p>\r\n<p>For the aviation crowd, the lesson is simpler. When the cargo is priceless, alive and famous, the answer is still a twin-engine freighter, a direct routing and a crew that has done it before.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Sources: FedEx press release, CBS News, Simple Flying.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>How did the giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang get to Atlanta?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">Ping Ping and Fu Shuang flew nonstop from Chengdu, China, to Atlanta on 27 September 2026 aboard a FedEx Boeing 777F freighter branded the \u201cFedEx Panda Express.\u201d The pandas were the only cargo on board and travelled in custom crates with Zoo Atlanta keepers.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How long was the FedEx panda flight from Chengdu to Atlanta?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">According to flight-tracking data cited by Simple Flying, flight FX9756 took about 15 hours and 55 minutes and covered roughly 6,900 nautical miles, departing Chengdu at 2:55am local time and landing in Atlanta at around 6:50am local time.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How many pandas has FedEx flown?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">FedEx says that including Ping Ping and Fu Shuang it has transported 23 giant pandas to and from China since 2000. 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