Chinese School Children Send their Well-Wishes to Edinburgh on the Panda Express
FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company, has revealed that the specially chartered Boeing 777F flight carrying two giant pandas to their new home in Scotland’s Edinburgh Zoo will also be carrying one other Very Important Package – the well-wishes of more than 1,000 schoolchildren.
Called “From China with Love,” FedEx Express China asked employees and local schoolchildren from the Sichuan Normal University Experimental Foreign Language School to share handwritten drawings and messages that will be carried onboard the special “FedEx Panda Express” flight on Sunday 4 December.
Eddy Chan, Senior Vice President Operations, China, explained: “We wanted the ‘FedEx Panda Express’ flight carrying Tian Tian (甜甜, aka Sweetie) and Yang Guang (阳光, aka Sunshine), to bring with it all the love China feels for our pandas, and share our happiness that they’ve found a wonderful home in Scotland.”
FedEx Express in China involved more than 1,000 children from the local school, creating artwork and handwritten messages wishing Tian Tian and Yang Guang good luck in their new home.
Eight year-old female panda Tian Tian and eight year-old male panda Yang Guang are due to depart on the “FedEx Panda Express” on Sunday morning Chengdu time. The pandas’ arrival marks the first time in more than 17 years that giant pandas will reside in the United Kingdom.
To follow Tian Tian and Yang Guang’s journey on board the “FedEx Panda Express” visit: http://blog.fedex.com/panda-express.
