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( BW)(CA-VIKING-FREIGHT)(FDX) Viking Freight Names New Operations Directors

    Business Editors

    SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 28, 1999--Viking Freight Inc., the leading LTL (less-than-truckload) carrier providing western regional transportation service and a subsidiary of FDX Corp. (NYSE:FDX), today announced the appointments of two regional operations directors and one administrative operations director.
    Steve Adkins, most recently director of corporate planning, has become regional operations director for Viking's southern territory, which encompasses Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and the Las Vegas and El Paso, Texas areas. Adkins has been with Viking since 1987 and has extensive operations experience in the Viking system as well as with other carriers.
    His previous Viking positions included stints as service center manager in Fontana, Calif., Orange County, Calif., and Sacramento, Calif. and director of engineering services.
    Daren Van Wagenen, who formerly served as service center manager for Viking's Whittier, Calif. facility, has been appointed as regional operations director for Viking's northern territory. This region covers Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado and Utah. Van Wagenen started at Viking in 1995 as special projects manager in Salt Lake City.
    He then moved on to become service center manager in Las Vegas before his Whittier assignment. Prior to joining Viking, Van Wagenen was in operations management with various other carriers.
    Additionally, at Viking's corporate headquarters, Roger Cooper moves from director of rates and customer billing assurance to director of operations planning and engineering. Cooper has been with Viking since 1991 in a variety of operational and administrative roles, including director of special accounts-operations and director of quality and continuous improvement.
    The mission of the department Cooper now heads up is to meet the needs of shippers with unique or special requirements, as well as to assist all of Viking's administrative and service center operations in developing effective business and operational processes.
    "Viking is very fortunate to have a staff with such a wealth of experience and knowledge to draw upon," said Tilton G. Gore, vice president of service center operations. "Steve, Daren and Roger will continue their successful execution of Viking's Easy-To-Do-Business-With philosophy in their respective new roles within the operations team."
    As part of FDX Corp. and its family of companies, Viking Freight Inc., headquartered in San Jose, specializes in award-winning next-day and second-day regional freight service. Viking provides services in eleven western states, including intermodal service to Alaska and Hawaii.
    Synonymous with an EZTDBW(R) (Easy-To-Do-Business-With) operating philosophy, Viking has a tradition of posting an on-time service record that is consistently among the best in the industry. In addition to a full range of electronic information services, Viking also offers its customers value-added services, such as assembly and distribution.
    More information about Viking can be found at the company's web site at www.vikingfreight.com.
    FDX Corp., a $17 billion holding company, provides comprehensive transportation, logistics, e-commerce and supply chain management solutions.
    Its principal operating subsidiaries are Federal Express Corp., the world's largest express transportation company; RPS Inc., North America's second largest business-to-business ground small-package carrier; Viking Freight Inc., a less-than-truckload carrier operating principally in the western U.S.; Roberts Express Inc., a critical-shipment carrier; and FDX Logistics Inc., a contract logistics provider.

    Note to Editors: FDX press releases are available on the World Wide Web at www.fdxcorp.com. EZTDBW(R) is a registered trademark of Viking Freight Inc.

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