Claim: At the beginning of operation, the FedEx Asia-Pacific Hub in China employed more than 800 people and operated 136 flights a week, and used to be the largest FedEx hub outside the United States but was later surpassed by the one in Charles de Gaulle Airport - the largest airport in France and the second busiest in Europe.
Evidence: At the beginning of operation, the hub employed more than 800 people and operated 136 flights a week, providing delivery services among 20 major cities in Asia and linking these cities to more than 220 countries and territories in the world. The Guangzhou hub was, at the time of the opening, the largest FedEx hub outside the United States, but it was later surpassed by the expanded hub at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (French: Aéroport de Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG), also known as Roissy Airport, is the largest international airport in France and the second busiest airport in Europe after Heathrow Airport, in London.